Paper 13045-27
Paper 13045-27
Automated SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR camera test results compared to models
On demand | Presented live 25 April 2024 
Abstract
System level modeling and testing of SWIR, MWIR and LWIR infrared cameras are presented. Automated camera testing is performed by Santa Barbara Infrared's IRWindows software. Some of the standard tests are NETD, MTF, 3D noise, and Ensquared Energy. An Excel spreadsheet has been developed to model camera system performance which allows relatively easy addition of new camera types. Each camera type includes information on the ROIC (number and format of pixels, pixel readout rate, pixel size, well size, read noise), sensor material (spectral QE, fill factor, dark current vs temperature), lens, window and warm filter spectral transmission, cold filter temperature and spectral transmission, and cold aperture configuration (diameter and distance from sensor). Atmospheric temperature, turbulence, spectral absorption and spectral emission are included in the Excel model.
Presenter
IRCameras, LLC (United States)
Arn Adams is Chief Technical Officer at IRCameras in Santa Barbara, CA. Arn received his PhD in Solid State Physics from University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980, and has worked in the infrared world since 1982 when he was hired by Santa Barbara Research Center. Arn worked at Santa Barbara Focalplane for twenty years before helping found IRCameras in 2011.