Description: Part I The Elements of the Infrared System Chapter 1 Introduction to Infrared System Engineering 1.1 The Development of the Infrared Portion of the Spectrum 1.2 The Market for Infrared Devices 1.3 System Engineering 1.4 The System Engineer 1.5 The Infrared System and the Organization of This Book 1.6 The Literature of the Infrared 1.7 The Symbols and Abbreviations Used in This Book Chapter 2 Infrared Radiation 2.1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 2.2 Terminology Used in the Measurement of Radiant Energy 2.3 The Measurement of Radiant Flux 2.4 Thermal Radiation Thermal Radiation Laws 2.5 Emissivity and Kirchhoff's Law 2.6 Selective Radiators Absorption Spectra of Gases Absorption Spectra of Liquids and Solids Molecular Emission Spectra 2.7 Aids for Radiation Calculations Radiation Slide Rules Charts and Monographs Tables of Blackbody Functions 2.8 Other Blackbody Relationships Efficiency of Radiation Production Radiation Contrast Chapter 3 Sources of Infrared Radiation 3.1 Blackbody-Type Sources Theoretical Principles Construction of a Blackbody-Type Source 3.2 Standards for Sources of Radiant Energy 3.3 General-Purpose Sources of Infrared The Nernst Glower The Globar The Carbon Arc The Tungsten Lamp The Xenon Arc Lamp The Laser The Sun 3.4 Targets The Turbojet Engine The Turbofan Engine The Boeing 707 Jet Transport Afterburning The Ramjet The Rocket Engine Aerodynamic Heating Personnel Surface Vehicles Stars and Planets 3.5 Backgrounds The Earth The Sky Outer Space Stars and Planets Chapter 4 Transmission of Infrared Radiation Through the Earth's Atmosphere 4.1 The Earth's Atmosphere 4.2 Water Vapor 4.3 Carbon Dioxide 4.4 Other Infrared-Absorbing Gases 4.5 Field Measurements of Atmospheric Transmission 4.6 Laboratory and Analytical Methods of Predicting Atmospheric Transmission 4.7 Tables of Atmospheric Transmission Data 4.8 Scattering Effects in the Atmosphere 4.9 Transmission Through Rain 4.10 Atmospheric Scintillation Chapter 5 Optics 5.1 Refraction and Reflection 5.2 Describing an Optical System 5.3 Factors Affecting Image Quality Diffraction Aberrations 5.4 Typical Optical Systems for the Infrared Reflective Optics Refractive Optics Miscellaneous Considerations in the Choice of Optics 5.5 Auxiliary Optics 5.6 Methods of Generating Scan Patterns 5.7 Optical Materials for the Infrared 5.8 Antireflection Coatings 5.9 High-Reflection Coatings 5.10 Optical Filters 5.11 Collimators Chapter 6 Optical Modulation 6.1 Optical Filtering for Background Discrimination 6.2 The Use of Reticles for Background Suppression 6.3 The Use of Reticles to Provide Directional Information Rotating Reticles Stationary Reticles Two-Color Reticles 6.4 Tracking Systems Without Reticles 6.5 Comments on Reticle Design 6.6 Fabrication of Reticles Chapter 7 Introduction to Detectors 7.1 How the Performance of a Detector is Described 7.2 Thermal Detectors The Thermocouple The Thermopile The Bolometer The Pneumatic or Golay Detector The Calorimetric Detector Problems of Blackening Thermal Detectors 7.3 Photon or Quantum Detectors The Photoelectric Detector The Photoconductive Detector The Photovoltaic or p-n Junction Detector The Photoelectromagnetic Detector Spectral Response of Photon Detectors Fabrication of Photon Detectors 7.4 The Comparison of Detectors 7.5 Optically Immersed Detectors 7.6 Imaging Detectors Infrared Film The Image Converter The Vidicon The Photothermionic Image Converter The Evaporograph The Infrared-Sensitive Phosphor Chapter 8 Noise 8.1 Types of Noi

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