Infrared Technology: Applications to Electro-Optics, Photonic
Devices and Sensors
A. R. Jha
A complete reference guide to the theory, design, and applications of
infrared technology
Rapid advances in infrared (IR), photonic, and electrooptic technologies have
given rise to sophisticated sensors with important commercial, industrial, and
military applications-from remote sensing, surveillance, and high-resolution TV
to home security systems. This book provides scientists and engineers with a
comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to the analysis and development of IR,
photonic, and electrooptical devices and systems for specific applications.
Well-known industry expert A. R. Jha compiles and consolidates the latest data
on IR sources and systems, presenting fully referenced technical information
plus numerical examples illustrating performance parameters and design aspects
for an amazingly broad array of applications. Basic IR theory is also provided.
Coverage includes:
* Transmission characteristics of optical signals through the atmosphere,
including effects of scattering, absorption, turbulence, and diffraction
* Performance characteristics and capabilities of various IR sources, including
state-of-the-art laser technologies
* Performance capabilities of IR detectors and focal planar arrays (FPAs) as
well as passive and active IR and electronic devices
* Potential and existing applications in such diverse fields as medicine,
telecommunications, space research, missile systems, and defense IR signature
analysis and measurement techniques
From the Back Cover
A complete reference guide to the theory, design, and applications of infrared
technology
Rapid advances in infrared (IR), photonic, and electrooptic technologies have
given rise to sophisticated sensors with important commercial, industrial, and
military applications–from remote sensing, surveillance, and high-resolution TV
to home security systems. This book provides scientists and engineers with a
comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to the analysis and development of IR,
photonic, and electrooptical devices and systems for specific applications.
Well-known industry expert A. R. Jha compiles and consolidates the latest data
on IR sources and systems, presenting fully referenced technical information
plus numerical examples illustrating performance parameters and design aspects
for an amazingly broad array of applications. Basic IR theory is also provided.
Coverage includes:
* Transmission characteristics of optical signals through the atmosphere,
including effects of scattering, absorption, turbulence, and diffraction
* Performance characteristics and capabilities of various IR sources, including
state-of-the-art laser technologies
* Performance capabilities of IR detectors and focal planar arrays (FPAs) as
well as passive and active IR and electronic devices
* Potential and existing applications in such diverse fields as medicine,
telecommunications, space research, missile systems, and defense
IR signature analysis and measurement techniques
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
absorption region thickness, electrooptic technology, optical commutator,
detection range capability, radiance contrast, various jet engines, pump beam
diameter, using optical technology, domain detectors, peak radiation wavelength,
most critical performance parameter, spectral radiant exitance, high mechanical
integrity, precision weapon delivery, photonic sensors, critical performance
parameters, thermal blooming, peak radiation intensity, severe operating
environments, radiance level, critical performance requirements, optic size,
high detection probability, afterburner operation, spectral radiant emittance
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Laser Focus World, Photonics Spectra, The Infrared Handbook, Commercial
Engineering, Electro-Optics Handbook, Newport Corp, Aerosol Clear Hazy Height,
Halogen Osram, New York, Optoelectronics World, Unit Symbol Notes, Applied
Optics, Superconductor Technology, Technical Report
Infrared Detectors and Systems (Wiley Series in Pure and
Applied Optics)
E. L. Dereniak (Author), G. D. Boreman (Author)
Product Description
This text covers the range of subjects necessary for the understanding of modern
infrared-imaging systems at a level appropriate for seniors or first-year
graduate students in physics or electrical engineering. The first six chapters
focus on fundamental background issues of radiation detection, beginning with
the basics of geometrical optics and finishing with a discussion of the figures
of merit used for describing the signal-to-noise performance of a detector
system. Other topics include radiometry and flux-transfer issues, basic
radiation-detector mechanisms, and random-process mathematics.
The presentation then moves on to specific detector technologies and the
fundamental mechanisms of detection, paying special attention to responsivity
and noise performance. Devices discussed include photovoltaic detectors,
photoconductive detectors, thermal detectors, Schottky-barrier diodes, and
bandgap-engineered photodetectors via multiple quantum wells and superlattices.
The book concludes with a close look at infrared detection systems and related
issues. In the discussion of infrared search systems, the range equation is
developed in terms of the optical and detector parameters of the system. A
separate chapter is devoted to modulation transfer function, a
spatial-frequency-domain description of image quality. The final chapter
describes the design equations for thermal-imager systems in terms of
noise-equivalent temperature difference and minimum resolvable temperature.
Supported and clarified by 470 illustrations and accompanied by an extensive
glossary of the nomenclature, this is an excellent text for graduate and senior
level courses in radiometry and infrared detectors. It is also a valuable
reference for practicing engineers involved in the use, design, analysis, and
testing of infrared detector-based systems.
Infrared Detectors and Systems is a complete, accessible, and timely exposition
of a technology whose applications are increasingly important and widespread.
Based on courses presented by two of the field's leading figures, this book
provides extensive coverage of the background and fundamentals of radiation
detection and goes on to examine specific technologies and systems in depth and,
in some cases, for the first time in print.
Technologies discussed include
* Photovoltaic detectors
* Photoconductive detectors
* Thermal detectors
* Schottky-barrier diodes
* Bandgap-engineered photodetectors via multiple quantum wells and superlattices
Supplemented with 470 illustrations and a complete glossary of the nomenclature,
this is the ideal text for senior- and graduate-level courses in radiometry and
optical detection.
From the Publisher
Two acknowledged authorities in the field describe the optical detection process
and electronics involved in mimicking the eye. Provides a detailed overview of
optical sensors and systems, remote sensing, superlattices, and the electrical
characteristics of various detectors. Covers recent research in new detector
materials and advances in cutting-edge optical detectors.
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photon exitance, blackbody responsivity, blackbody exitance, optical radiation
incident, superconducting transition region, background irradiance, external
transmittance, optically active area, fixed frame time, photon radiance, readout
region, detector resistance, mirror membrane, staring system, spectral exitance,
voltage responsivity, photoconductive gain, current responsivity, extrinsic
photoconductors, afocal telescope, photon irradiance, nonideality factor,
photovoltaic detector, normalized detectivity, superconducting bolometer
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Academic Press, Infrared Physics, Elements of Infrared Technology,
Optical Engineering Press, The Infrared Handbook, Quantum-Well Infrared
Photodetectors, Englewood Cliffs, Infrared System Engineering, John Wiley,
Modern Optical Engineering, Prentice Hall, Wien Displacement Law, Milestone
Series, Modern Physics, Oxford University Press, Physics of Semiconductor
Devices, Bell Syst, Electron Devices, Epitaxial Multilayers, Infrared Design,
Infrared Technology Fundamentals, Optical Radiation Measurements, Quantum Well
Infrared Photodetectors, Solid State Electronic Devices
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