Kaleidoscope-based multi-view infrared system
Author(s) -
Adrien Mas,
Guillaume Druart,
Maxime Vaché,
Sylvain Favier,
Aymeric Alazarine,
Eric Compain,
Nathalie Morin,
Nicolas Guérineau
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
optics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.44.004977
Subject(s) - kaleidoscope , optics , infrared , microbolometer , detector , cardinal point , shutter , computer science , snapshot (computer storage) , physics , bolometer , programming language , operating system
Multi-view snapshot systems are used for a wide range of applications in all the spectral ranges. In this Letter, we present the study and the realization of an optical system using a kaleidoscope in the long wavelength infrared (LWIR), compatible with uncooled infrared detectors such as microbolometers. The optical system has a high numerical aperture and a wide field of view, and it uses a single focal plane array. Here, we establish the advantages of this technology on other design strategies and its design rules for every subset of the optical architecture, and we present the results of a first demonstrator.
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