Active multi/hyperspectral imaging and sensing with ultra-short pulse continuums

Keith A. Blanks

doi:10.1117/12.795387

26 August 2008 Active multi/hyperspectral imaging and sensing with ultra-short pulse continuums

Keith A. Blanks

Proceedings Volume 7094, Unconventional Imaging IV; 70940E (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795387
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It is shown that although divergent upon exiting an optical solid, and typically color dispersive over short propagation distances, controllably generated ultra broadband continuums can be propagated as a pulsed white-light source with a near-ideal Gaussian intensity distribution. In contrast to active 3-D imagery with monochromatic illumination, pulsed ultra-broadband continuum illumination is shown to enable active 3-D multi/hyperspectral imaging and sensing for standoff characterization of materials and enhanced object identification.

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Keith A. Blanks "Active multi/hyperspectral imaging and sensing with ultra-short pulse continuums", Proc. SPIE 7094, Unconventional Imaging IV, 70940E (26 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795387

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