Using molded chalcogenide glass technology to reduce cost in a compact wide-angle thermal imaging lens

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6206 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Curatu, George ^a   Binkley, Brent ^a   Tinch, David ^a   Curatu, Costin ^b  

^a LightPath Technologies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Athermal design; Infrared lens design; Molded chalcogenide optics; Thermal imaging; Wide angle lenses

Indexed keywords

ATHERMAL DESIGN; INFRARED LENS DESIGN; MOLDED CHALCOGENIDE OPTICS; WIDE-ANGLE LENSES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GERMANIUM; GLASS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFRARED IMAGING; LENSES; LIGHTING; MOLDING; OPTICAL DESIGN;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33747702205     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.667250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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