Advanced infrared detectors for multimode active and passive imaging applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6940, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baker, Ian ^a   Owton, Daniel ^a   Trundle, Keith ^a   Thorne, Peter ^a   Storie, Kevin ^b   Oakley, Philip ^b   Copley, Jeremy ^b  

^a BAE SYSTEMS Infra Red Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Active imaging; APD; Avalanche photodiode; HgCdTe; LADAR; LIDAR; SW

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CAMERAS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TOOLS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASERS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS; PHOTORESISTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SNOW; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

(140.3500) LASERS; 3-D DETECTORS; 3D (THREE DIMENSIONAL) IMAGING; ACTIVE AND PASSIVE IMAGING; ACTIVE SYSTEMS; AIRBORNE APPLICATIONS; COMPLEX SCENES; DUAL MODES; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTROOPTIC (CO); FIELD TRIALS; GATED IMAGING; INFRARED (IR); INFRARED TECHNOLOGIES; LONG RANGE; MULTI MODES; MULTIPLEXER (MUX); NEAR INFRA-RED (NIR); ONE CAMERA; PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS; RANGE GATING; SIGNAL-TO-CLUTTER; SOLAR FLUXES; SOLID-STATE DETECTOR (SSD); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) INFORMATION;

DETECTORS;

EID: 45549103661     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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