IR sensor performance testing with a double-slit method

Arie N. de Jong; Hans Winkel; Rick I. Ghauharali

doi:10.1117/12.439141

10 September 2001 IR sensor performance testing with a double-slit method

Arie N. de Jong, Hans Winkel, Rick I. Ghauharali

Proceedings Volume 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439141
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Determination of the performance of undersampled IR cameras by means of four-bar patterns suffers from aliasing for spatial frequencies above the Nyquist limit. An alternative method, using two parallel line sources, is described. This method avoids the aliasing effect and allows a reproducible way for performance measurements by simple variation of the spacing between the two line sources and their temperatures. The modulation depth at optimum phase is measured in the camera display or electronics, similar to the classical Rayleigh criterion. Additional benefits of the new method are the simple target construction (only one target is required) and the ease to model line sources. The result of a performance measurement is similar to the standard MRTD (Minimum Resolvable Temperature Difference) method, where sensor resolution is coupled to range for a given target size and contrast. The new method has therefore the potential to be implemented into the present STANAG4347 and 4349. Results of performance measurements, carried out with the uncooled Thermacam PM395 camera and other cameras, are shown. Predicted and measured performance agree very well.

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Arie N. de Jong, Hans Winkel, and Rick I. Ghauharali "IR sensor performance testing with a double-slit method", Proc. SPIE 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII, (10 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439141

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