Comparison of detected contrast measured with thermal and quantum detectors

Gonzalo Paez; Marija Strojnik

doi:10.1117/12.372693

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6 December 1999 Comparison of detected contrast measured with thermal and quantum detectors

Gonzalo Paez, Marija Strojnik

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Proceedings Volume 3759, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VII; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372693
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We compare the detected contrast measured with a quantum and a modern, uncooled, thermal detectors, including the previously neglected term due to the change in the scene emissivity. For earth-based remote monitoring of room- temperature processes, the contrast detection using the quantum detector is better than that using the thermal one, even in the case that the contrast arises solely due to the emissivity changes.

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Gonzalo Paez and Marija Strojnik "Comparison of detected contrast measured with thermal and quantum detectors", Proc. SPIE 3759, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VII, (6 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372693

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