Infrared Focal Plane Arrays
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng in Optical Engineering
- Vol. 26 (3) , 263181-263181-
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7974048
Abstract
The infrared spectral region has intrigued scientists for over a hundred years, but until recently it has been impossible to create infrared sensors analogous to the human eye. The recent breakthroughs have come about through the creation of large, two-dimensional solid-state arrays that have thousands of detectors distributed across the focal plane of an optical system. The days of scanning-type optical systems are numbered, as such systems give way to staring-type sensors.Keywords
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