This Tutorial Text focuses on the optics and detector aspects of infrared system design. It introduces the terminology, processes, and instrument design techniques available to engineers today. Design examples are based on real problems investigated by the author during his 30 years of experience as an industrialist, teacher, and consultant.
Contents
 - Preface - Symbols and Notation - Introduction - Applications Overview - Review of Geometric Optics - Review of Radiometry - Detector Parameters - The Infrared System - Atmospheric Transmission and Radiation - Evaluation of the Infrared Scene - Bandwidth and Scan Strategies - Optical Materials - Some Optical Systems - Scanning Systems - Real-Time Imager Descriptions - Design Examples - Appendix A: Figure Programs - Appendix B: Example Programs - Bibliography - Index

Introduction to Infrared System Design (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT24)

Science & Math

William L. Wolfe

Physics

SPIE Publications

Radiometry is an essential part of the optical design of virtually every optical instrument, and key to many applications. It is also used to measure the radiation of various objects. This tutorial examines both the techniques of calculating radiative transfer and the measurement of fluxes and radiometric properties of various sorts.
Contents
 - Introduction - Radiometric Quantities, the Language - Radiative Transfer - Transmission, Reflection, Emission, and Absorption - Radiance - Sources - Detectors - Review of Optics - Normalization - Calibration Standards - Measurement Techniques - Measurement of Fluxes - Measurement of Material Properties - Radiometric Temperatures - Polarization Effects - Appendix: Some Geometric Configuration Factors

Introduction to Radiometry (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT29)

Have you wondered why the sky is blue? Why the sunset is red? How hummingbirds show us their many colors? Why the road ahead sometimes seems to have water on it, when it does not? Have you wondered how telescopes work to give a magnified image of distant objects? How do microscopes provide a magnified image of close objects? How do spectroscopes, eye glasses, cameras, binoculars, and similar instruments work? How do the simple rear view mirrors in cars dim and provide wide fields of view? In this book, William L. Wolfe attempts to describe many of the natural phenomena caused by light, and the optical devices that use it in terms everyone can understand.
This book is divided into five major sections. The first is a description of the basic phenomena of optics; the second includes basic optical components and instruments; the third is all about natural optical phenomena; and the fourth part is a collection of applications. The fifth contains descriptions of the above-mentioned great steps in our understanding of the world around us that are directly related to optics.
 Contents 
 - Introduction 
 - The Basics 
 - Components and Instruments 
 - Natural Optical Phenomena 
 - Applications 
 - Critical Steps in Physics Involving Light 
 - Glossary 
 - Appendix A: Sizes of Things 
 - Appendix B: Information Sources

Optics Made Clear: The Nature of Light and How We Use It (Press Monograph)

The Reference book for Infrared Handbook (25 chapters)

The Infrared Handbook

George J. Zissis

General Dynamics

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Introduction to Infrared System Design (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT24)

Introduction to Radiometry (SPIE Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Vol. TT29)

Optics Made Clear: The Nature of Light and How We Use It (Press Monograph)

The Infrared Handbook