Prismatic imaging polarimeter calibration for the infrared spectral region

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 13720-13737

  Kudenov, Michael W ^a   Pezzaniti, Larry ^b   Dereniak, Eustace L ^a   Gerhart, Grant R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c US Army Tank Automotive Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; IMAGING POLARIMETER; INFRARED SPECTRAL REGIONS; LARGE DETECTORS; POLARIMETRIC CALIBRATION; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; THERMAL BACKGROUND; YTTRIUM VANADATE;

POLARIMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; INFRARED RAYS; LENSES; REFRACTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51149094353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.013720     Document Type: Article

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