Influence of IR sensor technology on the military and civil defense

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6127, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Becker, Latika ^a  

^a U S ARMY SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMELAND SECURITY; INFRARED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; MILITARY AREA DEFENSE SYSTEMS; MISSILE DEFENSE ENGAGEMENTS;

CIVIL DEFENSE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33646738686     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.640529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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