Infrared cameras research Experience for Teachers Paul Longwell Summer 2004 What does Infrared mean?

INFRARED CAMERAS Research Experience for Teachers Paul Longwell Summer 2004

What does Infrared mean?

Types of Infrared

What is special about an Infrared Camera? Our eyes use visible wavelengths to create images. An infrared camera is sensitive to wavelengths that are longer.

Same Object – Different Images!

Infrared Imaging Begins With Bolometers…

When an object’s infrared radiation strikes a bolometer…

Bolometer Technology Gets Moo-ving

Bolometers are not big!

Before being used in cameras, bolometers must first be tested…

Each bolometer helps form one pixel of an image…

A typical array of bolometers contains 240 rows and 320 columns

Once assembled, the bolometer array can be put in a camera.

An infrared camera requires an infrared lens!

Need a small IR camera?

This is truly a cool camera! This camera’s detector must be kept cold with liquid nitrogen!

Cooled Cameras

MRTD Test Minimum Resolvable Temperature Difference

Applications:

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Applications

Applications

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