Infrared Technology - Applications to Electro-Optics, Photonic Devices, and Sensors

✍ Scribed by Jha, A.R.

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 476
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Rapid advances in infrared (IR), photonic, and electro-optic 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 electro optical 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.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Infrared Radiation Theory
2. Transmission Characteristics of IR Signals in Atmosphere
3. Potential IR Sources
4. Detectors and Focal Planar Arrays
5. Infrared Passive Devices and Electrooptic Components
6. IR Active Devices and Components
7. Application of Infrared and Photonic Technologies in Commercial and Industrial Devices and Systems
8. Application of Infrared and Photonic Technologies in Medicine, Telecommunications, and Space
9. Application of Photonic and Infrared Technologies for Space and Military Sensors
10. IR Signature Analysis and Countermeasure Techniques
11. Future Applications of IR and Photonic Technologies and Requirements for Auxiliary Equipment
Index