Uncooled detector development for space application

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6958, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rabaud, W ^a   Vilain, M ^b   Meilhan, J ^a   Garret, T ^b   Hopkinson, G ^c   Bentley, M S ^d   Kraft, S ^d   Legras, O ^b   Castelein, P ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b ULIS   (France)

^c SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; LWIR; Mercury; Space environment; Uncooled microbolometer

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; FOCUSING; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SILICON; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFATE MINERALS;

(100) SILICON; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; BEPICOLOMBO; DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT; EMITTANCE; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA); FAR INFRA RED (FIR); INFRARED (IR); IR FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA); MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITER (MPO); MERCURY(III); MICROBOLOMETER ARRAYS; PIXEL PITCHES; PLANET MERCURY; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; SPACE ENVIRONMENTS; SURFACE MINERALOGY; TIME CONSTANTS; UNCOOLED;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 45149127748     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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