Information on applications for infrared and ultraviolet imaging systems tends to be scanty and widely dispersed. This is because camera manufacturers tend focus on the products themselves, not applications. It is also because most textbooks on IR and UV technology are outdated and tend to emphasize the basics of radiometry and detection by single detectors, not imaging applications. Finally, industrial users of these cameras are often close-mouthed about what they are doing with them. This course gives a non-technical overview of commercial infrared and ultraviolet camera systems, the "taxonomy" of infrared and ultraviolet wavebands, and the wide variety of applications for these wavebands. The course relies heavily on interesting imagery captured by the presenter over the last ten years and uses a SPIE monograph written by the author as a supplementary textbook. The course will cover a wide range of IR and UV applications, including:
CCDs and CMOS detectors
Infrared focal plane arrays
Cooled and uncooled infrared sensors
Infrared Radiometry
Thermography
Industrial inspection
Research and Development applications
Corona detection and shortwave UV imaging
Information on applications for infrared and ultraviolet imaging systems tends to be scanty and widely dispersed. This is because camera manufacturers tend focus on the products themselves, not applications. It is also because most textbooks on IR and UV technology are outdated and tend to emphasize the basics of radiometry and detection by single detectors, not imaging applications. Finally, industrial users of these cameras are often close-mouthed about what they are doing with them.
This course gives a non-technical overview of commercial infrared and ultraviolet camera systems, the "taxonomy" of infrared and ultraviolet wavebands, and the wide variety of applications for these wavebands. The course relies heavily on interesting imagery captured by the presenter over the last ten years and uses a SPIE monograph written by the author as a supplementary textbook.
The course will cover a wide range of IR and UV applications, including:
- CCDs and CMOS detectors
- Infrared focal plane arrays
- Cooled and uncooled infrared sensors
- Infrared Radiometry
- Thermography
- Industrial inspection
- Research and Development applications
- Corona detection and shortwave UV imaging
