2nd and 3rd generation thermal imagers based on type-II superlattice photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6294, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rehm, Robert ^a   Walther, Martin ^a   Schmitz, Johannes ^a   Fleißner, Joachim ^a   Ziegler, Johann ^b   Cabanski, Wolfgang ^b   Breiter, Rainer ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b AIM INFRAROT MODULE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bispectral; Dual band; Dual color; Focal plane array; InAs GaSb type II superlattice; Infrared camera; Missile warning; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

COLOR; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTODIODES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUPERLATTICES;

BISPECTRAL; DUAL-BAND; DUAL-COLOR; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; INFRARED CAMERAS; MISSILE WARNING;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 33750445285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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