Enhanced broadband (11-15 μn) QWIP FPAs for space applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7106, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nedelcu, Alexandru ^a   De l'Isle, Nadia Brière ^a   Truffer, Jean Patrick ^a   Belhaire, Eric ^a   Costard, Eric ^a   Bois, Philippe ^a   Merken, Patrick ^b   Saint Pé, Olivier ^c  

^a ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broadband; Infrared; QWIP; VLWIR

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; DEVELOPMENT APPROACH; DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; FULLY COMPATIBLE; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; INFRARED; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; QUANTUM DETECTORS; QWIP; TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT; VLWIR;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

SENSORS;

EID: 67649236837     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.800305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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