NIR and SWIR Imaging Applications

Level: Introductory Length: 4 hours Format: In-Person Lecture Intended Audience: This material is intended for anyone wishing to become familiar with NIR/SWIR technology and imaging applications. Description: This course provides attendees with an overview of the diverse range of applications for NIR and SWIR imaging systems and how these systems are calibrated and characterized. The emphasis is on the capabilities of InGaAs and InSb sensors operating in the 0.7 to 3.0 micron NIR and SWIR bands with discussions of optics and tunable filter technology. Discussion will also include extended InGaAs and VisGaAs, a sensor material with both visible and NIR response. Learning Outcomes: This course will enable you to: - specify a detector type and optics for various NIR/SWIR applications - describe spectral selection in the NIR/SWIR bands - learn about the many applications for NIR/SWIR imaging technology - calibrate NIR/SWIR camera systems and characterize their performance Instructor(s): Austin A. Richards is a consultant to the aerospace industry on matters of imaging technology, particularly in the infrared and ultraviolet wavebands. He was a senior principal research scientist at FLIR in Santa Barbara until 2021. Austin has specialized in scientific applications of infrared imaging technology since 1999. He holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from UC Berkeley and is the author of the SPIE monograph Alien Vision: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Imaging Technology. He is also an SPIE Fellow. Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing 2024 Course Held: 21 April 2024