Performance of a long-wave infrared hyperspectral imager using a sagnac interferometer and an uncooled microbolometer array

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 2008, Pages

  Lucey, Paul G ^a,b   Horton, Keith A ^a,b   Williams, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Pacific Island Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LONG WAVE INFRARED; MICROBOLOMETER ARRAYS; PARAMETRIC PERFORMANCE; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS;

BOLOMETERS;

EID: 60749125812     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.00F107     Document Type: Article

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