Measurement of the radiometric and polarization characteristics of a micro-grid polarizer infrared focal plane array

被引：12

作者：

Hubbs, John E. ^{[1
]}

Gramer, Mark E. ^{[1
]}

Maestas-Jepson, Diana ^{[1
]}

Dole, Gary A. ^{[1
]}

Fetrow, Matthew ^{[2
]}

Bowers, David ^{[3
]}

Boger, James ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] USAF, Res Lab, Space Vehicles Directorate, Infrared Radiat Effects Lab,Ball Aerosp & Technol, POB 5209, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA

[2] US Air Force, Res Lab, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 USA

[3] Appl Technol Associates, Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA

来源：

INFRARED DETECTORS AND FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS VIII | 2006年 / 6295卷

关键词：

infrared; Focal Plane Array; polarization; extinction ratio; HgCdTe; LWIR; IRFPA;

D O I：

10.1117/12.685468

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Remote sensing applications make use of the optical polarization characteristics of a scene to enhance target detection and discrimination. Imaging polarimeters typically utilize polarizing arrays located in front of a focal plane array as a means of extracting polarization information from the optical scene. Over the last few years, technology development efforts have resulted in FPAs that integrate the polarizer with the infrared focal plane array (FPA). This paper will report on the radiometric and polarization characterization of a micro-grid polarizer FPA from DRS Infrared Technologies, L.P. (DRS). These measurements were performed to evaluate the radiometric performance and the polarization characteristics of the FPA.

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