# 1990 Fourth International Conference onAdvanced Infrared Detectors and Systems

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• ### Strip speed measurement using distributed infrared detectors

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):183 - 188
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An instrument has been developed using inexpensive pyroelectric infrared detectors which measures the speed of non-metallic (copper) strip in the range 0.1-5 m s-1. The instrument has been tested on an experimental rig designed to simulate works conditions as closely as possible, particularly in regard to vibration, strip wobble and sudden speed changes. For high emissivity (coated) str... View full abstract»

• ### A performance prediction and simulation model for 2 dimensional array imagers

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):171 - 182
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A performance prediction model for 2 dimensional infrared detector arrays has been developed by the Future Systems Laboratory of GEC Sensors Ltd. This model produces summary performance parameters which are compatible with those already used by the infrared industry for assessment of thermal imaging equipment based on conventional technology. The extension of MRTD into the region in which aliasing... View full abstract»

• ### A new generation of thermal imagers

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):166 - 170
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The authors describe the principles of operation and the hardware techniques which are used to produce a new generation of thermal imagers based on the use of IRCCD detectors. The designs are optimised for use in harsh military environments and place a premium on reliable and maintainable techniques to give an acceptable cost of ownership. CONDOR and TIGER are required to provide high performance ... View full abstract»

• ### Sea Owl-a passive identification device for the Royal Navy Lynx helicopter

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):158 - 165
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The authors describe the MOD sponsored Sea Owl system developed by GEC Sensors to satisfy the Royal Navy's requirements for a passive identification device for the Lynx helicopter. The programme status is outlined and future potential system enhancements are indicated View full abstract»

• ### A high performance, medium waveband infrared focal plane array cooled by an intermediate temperature Stirling engine

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):48 - 53
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Conventional photovoltaic infrared detector arrays based on cadmium mercury telluride (CMT) are normally cooled to 77 K in order to achieve high performance. In the medium waveband (3-5 μm) it is not necessary to cool detectors close to 77 K to achieve high performance. The ability to operate at higher temperatures allows the use of low power, high reliability, compact cooling engines based on ... View full abstract»

• ### NA hand held imager for 2 dimensional detector arrays

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):105 - 111
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A hand held imager has been developed for the evaluation of 2 dimensional infrared detector arrays in the field. This unit is capable of operation with a variety of detector configurations, and has been demonstrated in operation with a 3-5μm 64×64 element CMT IRCCD. In this configuration, outstanding thermal sensitivity has been achieved. The imager offers many additional features includi... View full abstract»

• ### The generation of 3-dimensional object representations from range images

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):152 - 157
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The authors deal with the segmentation of surfaces from range images. The orientation and shape of the surfaces are then recognised and their connectivity determined to generate a model based representation of polygonal objects. A full mathematical treatment is given View full abstract»

• ### HgCdTe MIS photocapacitor detectors

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):41 - 47
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The noise of 10 μm HgCdTe MIS detectors has been measured and compared with the integrating detector model. The detector is dominated by photon g-r noise in the measured range of f/1 to f/2.8 cold shielding. The noise has negligible 1/f component from 30 Hz to the sampling frequency. Thus, the detector shows excellent BLIP performance under these conditions. The quantum efficiency exceeds 50% a... View full abstract»

• ### A hand held thermal imager employing a staring array of pyroelectric detectors

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):100 - 104
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A hand held thermal imager has been designed and built, using a staring array of uncooled pyroelectric detectors. The prototype imager is configured in three separate units; a sensor head, an electronic processing unit and a battery box. The equipment may be used in field assessment situations, the sensor head being carried in the hand with the other two units deployed in a carrying pouch. The aut... View full abstract»

• ### An infrared system for automatic detection of targets

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):145 - 151
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The authors deal with automation of the process of target acquisition in AFVs (armoured fighting vehicles). They highlight some of the key points of a project which involved identifying all potential sensor technologies and comparing them to known target signatures. A set of essential' selection criteria was established and an initial filter of the technologies undertaken. From the resultant shor... View full abstract»

• ### Monolithic infrared sensor arrays with 3-12 μm cut-off in heteroepitaxial narrow gap lead chalcogenides on silicon substrates

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):36 - 40
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The authors describe heteroepitaxy of narrow gap semiconductor (NGS) layers on Si-substrates, and fabrication of photovoltaic IR=sensor arrays in the NGS layers. They use lead chalcogenides (PbS, PbTe, Pb1-xEuxSe and Pb1-xSnxSe) as NGS material for sensor integration. The high permittivity of lead salts yields much more fault tolerant devices due to the ... View full abstract»

• ### Submicron thin-film MOM diodes for the detection of 10 μm infrared laser radiation

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):116 - 119
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The authors report on the manufacture and characterization of thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni tunnel diodes for the detection of 10 μm CO2 laser radiation. The results are compared with previous studies View full abstract»

• ### Are the technologies user friendly?

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):1 - 3
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The author attempts to define the most likely future users of the IR technology and discusses the friendliness' of the IR technology and IR systems View full abstract»

• ### An uncooled solid state thermal imager

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):93 - 99
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A compact low power imager based on a two dimensional uncooled detector array has been demonstrated. This has involved the development of new signal processing techniques involving a hybrid analogue and digital approach to achieve low power consumption. The detector used is an 8-14 μm, 100×100 element array using PbZrO3 pyroelectric ceramics. The design of the imager is particu... View full abstract»

• ### Photovoltaic Hg1-xCdxTe detectors for 12 μm application

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):30 - 35
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Hg1-xCdxTe (MCT) is the most important material for infrared quantum detectors in the wavelength range of 8-12 μm. The authors have manufactured bilinear arrays of photovoltaic detectors for the 12 μm wavelength region using a planar diffusion technology on MCT epilayers grown on CdZnTe substrates. The diodes show large Rshunt and R0A values, nearl... View full abstract»

• ### Hybrid CdHgTe-silicon infrared focal plane arrays

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):78 - 87
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Infrared sensitive focal planes consisting of matrices of photovoltaic CdHgTe diodes coupled to silicon multiplexing circuitry have been demonstrated in linear formats up to 1024 elements and in high density, multifunctional, two-dimensional arrays of up to 128×128 elements. The authors describe the technology used, in particular with respect to the radiometric performance achieved in hybrid... View full abstract»

• ### A multiple point correlation tracker for time-to-go estimation

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):138 - 144
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It is shown how it is possible to estimate time-to-go to a landmark using the output from a multiple point correlation (MPC) tracker. It is shown how the correlation process is equivalent to a classical parameter estimation problem where the horizontal and vertical shifts between reference and search images are the state variables. A model of the motions between frames is postulated and analytical... View full abstract»

• ### HgCdTe (MCT) LWIR arrays by MOCVD on GaAs

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):25 - 29
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MOCVD growth of MCT on GaAs or GaAs/Si provides a means of obtaining large areas of high quality material at low cost for IR array processing. The authors report results from LWIR arrays on MCT grown on GaAs via a CdTe buffer. The arrays were processed by a modified planar technology. The n on p junction is formed by Hg diffusion through a mask on p-type layers. Sputtered passivation layers were u... View full abstract»

• ### 128×128 3-5 μm focal plane arrays at 77 K and 200 K operation

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):54 - 60
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The authors describe results obtained at LIR on photovoltaic detectors made on LPE layers and interconnected by metallic bumps to CCD Si circuit. 128×128 mosaics with 50 μm pitch detecting in the 3-5 μm wavelength range were tested at 77 K and 200 K operating temperature. The results indicate the high quality and homogeneity of the CMT epilayers and the maturity of the photovoltaic and... View full abstract»

• ### Detector performance studies for CO2 laser heterodyne systems

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):112 - 115
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The authors discuss experimental results obtained with Joule-Thomson cooled CMT photodiodes, in a variety of systems and applications. Two types of study have been conducted, firstly an evaluation of a range of detectors on the laboratory bench, and secondly, performance studies on detectors installed in different lidar equipments. It is concluded that a heterodyne detector/amplifier should have t... View full abstract»

• ### 3-5 μm photoconductive detectors on liquid-phase-epitaxial-MCT

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):120 - 124
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The authors aim to demonstrate the possibility to manufacture MCT-PC-detectors on the basis of LPE-material in the spectral range from 3-5 μm. The LPE-arrays exhibit the same performance as bulk arrays, but an improved homogeneity. The importance of annealing for the LPE-device technology has been examined. In addition to the advantage in homogeneity, the major potential of this technology lies... View full abstract»

• ### The long wavelength channel detector for the ISOCAM camera

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):4 - 8
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The European satellite ISO is a scientific satellite devoted to the observation of the Universe within the 2.5-200 micron wavelength range. Among the four scientific instruments of ISO's focal plane, the ISOCAM camera is designed to provide 32×32 pictures in the 2.5-5.5 μm and 4-17 μm bands. The authors describe the ISOCAM camera and the long wavelength channel (LWC) detector and prese... View full abstract»

• ### Fourth International Conference on Advanced Infrared Detectors and Systems (Conf. Publ. No.321)

Publication Year: 1990
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The following topics were dealt with: HgCdTe focal plane arrays; MOVPE grown photoconductive detectors; HgCdTe LWIR arrays; photovoltaic detectors; monolithic IR sensor arrays; chalcogenide based IR detectors; ferroelectric IR detector arrays; hybrid focal plane arrays; pyroelectric arrays; uncooled thermal imager; hand held thermal imager; 2D detector arrays; IR laser radiation detection; CO... View full abstract»

• ### High performance pyroelectric arrays for imaging and guidance applications

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):88 - 92
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The successful development of a 64-element pyroelectric array detector and its performance in a thermal imager has been described previously. The authors describe a newly developed improved' version of this detector in which the detectivity has been enhanced significantly, by using active' instead of the conventional `passive' compensation, for minimising the effects of ramps in ambient temperat... View full abstract»

• ### Future infrared detector technologies

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):61 - 68
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The future trends in infrared detectors are towards larger, electronically addressed arrays and higher operating temperature. This will lead both to higher performance and to smaller, lighter more affordable systems. Three detector technologies are discussed; electronically addressed thermal detector arrays; Schottky barrier devices; and CMT focal plane arrays. IR detectors based on low dimensiona... View full abstract»