Infrared Technology Fundamentals (Optical Science and Engineering)



Infrared Technology Fundamentals (Optical Science and Engineering)
Maintaining the format that made the first edition so popular, this updated and enlarged Second Edition provides a basic understanding of the physical background and engineering considerations required for the design of IR systems?examining all components and combining them into examples of the latest surveillance systems. Summarizing important radiometry entities clearly and concisely, Infrared Technology Fundamentals, Second Edition presents new material on... state-of-the-art optical systems, including lightweight mirrors and adaptive optics planar-hybrid and Z-technology focal planes the design of a ground-based IR astronomical telescope and the performance equations of laser-radar systems the design of digital processors for signal and data processing cryogenic coolers for both tactical and strategic IR systems the testing of IR arrays at the component and system levels and more!

Author: Schlessinger
Hardcover:  480 pages
Company: CRC Press  (1994-09-13)
ISBN: 0824792599

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