Microbolometer-infrared imaging Stokes polarimeter

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kudenov, Michael W ^a   Pezzaniti, J Larry ^b   Gerhart, Grant R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Polaris Sensor Technologies   (United States)

^c US Army Tank Automotive Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamsplitter; Emission; Form birefringence; Infrared; Microbolometer; Polarimetry; Polarization; Stokes

Indexed keywords

BEAMSPLITTER; EMISSION; FORM BIREFRINGENCE; INFRARED; MICROBOLOMETER; POLARIMETRY; STOKES;

BIREFRINGENCE; BOLOMETERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; MERCURY (METAL); OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 70349683200     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3156844     Document Type: Article

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