Introduction to Infrared and Ultraviolet Imaging Technology

Level: Introductory Length: 3.5 hours Format: Online Intended Audience: The course is suitable both for technology professionals and non-technical persons that are new to infrared and ultraviolet imaging and want a very basic, qualitative overview of the fields with minimal mathematics. Little to no mathematic background is required. Description: 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 It is also because most textbooks on IR and UV technology are outdated and tend to emphasize the basics of radiometry and detection by single detectors, not imaging applications.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 Learning Outcomes: This course will enable you to: - describe some of the key imaging applications for different wavebands of the infrared and ultraviolet - gain familiarity with the different types of cameras, sensors and optics used for imaging in the infrared and ultraviolet wavebands - identify the different wavebands of the infrared and ultraviolet spectrum and describe their differences Instructor(s): Austin A. Richards is a senior research scientist at FLIR Systems in Santa Barbara, CA. He holds a PhD in astrophysics from UC Berkeley, and has worked in the commercial infrared industry for over 20 years. He is also the principal of Oculus Photonics, a small company devoted to near-ultraviolet imaging systems manufacturing, sales and support. Richards is the author of the SPIE monograph Alien Vision: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Imaging Technology. He is an SPIE Fellow.