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Field Guide to Infrared Systems

Author(s): Arnold Daniels
Published: 12 October 2006
Print ISBN13: 9780819463616
Print ISBN10: 0819463612
eISBN: 9780819478245
DOI: 10.1117/3.684619
Vol: FG09
Pages: 116
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This Field Guide is written to clarify and summarize the theoretical principles of infrared technology. It describes the basic elements involving image formation and image quality, radiometry and flux transfer, and explains the figures of merit involving detector performance. It considers the development of search infrared systems, and specifies the main descriptors used to characterize thermal imaging systems. Furthermore, this guide clarifies, identifies, and evaluates the engineering trade-offs in the design of an infrared system.

Keywords: IR, infrared, thermography, radiometry, night vision, infrared detector, defense, optical system

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Field Guide to Infrared Systems is written to clarify and summarize the theoretical principles of infrared technology. It is intended as a reference work for the practicing engineer and/or scientist who requires effective practical information to design, build, and/or test infrared equipment in a wide variety of applications.

This book combines numerous engineering disciplines necessary for the development of an infrared system. It describes the basic elements involving image formation and image quality, radiometry and flux transfer, and explains the figures of merit involving detector performance. It considers the development of search infrared systems, and specifies the main descriptors used to characterize thermal imaging systems. Furthermore, this guide clarifies, identifies, and evaluates the engineering tradeoffs in the design of an infrared system.

I would like to acknowledge and express my gratitude to my professor and mentor Dr. Glenn Boreman for his guidance, experience, and friendship. The knowledge that he passed on to me during my graduate studies at CREOL ultimately contributed to the creation of this book. Thanks are extended to Merry Schnell for her hard work and dedication on this project. I voice a special note of gratitude to my kids Becky and Alex for their forbearance, and to my wife Rosa for her love and support.

Lastly, I would particularly like to thank you, the reader, for selecting this book and taking the time to explore the topics related to this motivating and exciting field. I truly hope that you will find the contents of this book interesting and informative.

This Field Guide is dedicated to the memory of my father and brothers.

Arnold Daniels



©2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
DOI: 10.1117/3.684619

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