SPIE Infrared Techniques and Electro-Optics in Russia: A History 1946-2006 ISBN: 9780819463555

In 1946 at the beginning of the Cold War, the USSR government organized a special institute on infrared techniques and electro-optics, later renamed the Federal Scientific Center "Orion." On the occasion of the Orion Corporation's 60th anniversary, this volume chronicles the development and achievements of IR techniques, photoelectronics, and other related technologies in the former USSR and Russia. It contains more than 500 photographs of Russian researchers and IR devices, most published here for the first time.