THALES long-wave advanced IR QWIP cameras

Stewart Crawford; Robert Craig; Andrew Haining; John Parsons; Eric Costard; Philippe Bois; Francois-Hugues Gauthier; Olivier Cocle

doi:10.1117/12.673561

17 May 2006 THALES long-wave advanced IR QWIP cameras

Stewart Crawford, Robert Craig, Andrew Haining, John Parsons, Eric Costard, Philippe Bois, Francois-Hugues Gauthier, Olivier Cocle

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Proceedings Volume 6206, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXII; 62060H (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673561
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

THALES have developed for volume manufacture two high performance low cost thermal imaging cameras based on the THALES Research & Technology (TRT) 3^rd generation gallium arsenide long wave Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) array. Catherine XP provides 768 x 575 CCIR video resolution and Catherine MP provides 1280 x 1024 SXGA video resolution. These compact and rugged cameras provide 24-hour passive observation, detection, recognition, and identification in the 8 to 12μm range, providing resistance to battlefield obscurants and solar dazzle, and are fully self-contained with standard power and communication interfaces. The cameras have expansion capabilities to extend functionality (for example automatic target detection) and have network battlefield capability. Both cameras benefit from the high quantum efficiency and freedom from low frequency noise of the TRT QWIP, allowing operation at 75 K, low integration times and non-interruptive non-uniformity correction. The cameras have successfully reached technology readiness level 6/7 and have commenced environmental qualification testing in order to complete the development programmes. These latest additions to the THALES Catherine family provide high performance thermal imaging at an affordable cost.

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Stewart Crawford, Robert Craig, Andrew Haining, John Parsons, Eric Costard, Philippe Bois, Francois-Hugues Gauthier, and Olivier Cocle "THALES long-wave advanced IR QWIP cameras", Proc. SPIE 6206, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXII, 62060H (17 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673561

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