SC11Design of infrared cameras
Level: Specialized
Audience:
Engineers of companies and administrations involved in defense, surveillance, aerospace or astronomy applications, wishing to master the analyse and the design of infrared cameras
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge corresponding to EF2 - Basics of optics
Language of the training: French
Maximum capacity: 12
Price: 1820 € HT -
Duration: 4 days - 28 h
Objectives
- Have an overview of the problematic of infrared cameras design
- Discover the key parameters associated to this design
- Discover the state-of-the-art of components and modules
- Be able to specify, design and evaluate infrared cameras (cooled or uncooled)
Addressed topics
Infrared radiometry
- Thermal infrared
Infrared detectors
- Characterization, main technologies (cooled or uncooled)
- Proxy electronics
- Cryogeny
Dimensioning of an infrared system, link budget
- Design of an infrared system, performance predictions
- Infrared image visualisation
The program
Infrared detection
- Thermal infrared
- Infrared detectors: principles
- Infrared technologies (cooled and uncooled)
- Proxy electronics
- Infrared detectors characterisation
Design of an infrared system
- Design of infrared optics
- Infrared image visualisation
- Design of an infrared system
- Performance prediction
- Exercice: design of a cooled infrared camera
Labwork
- Characterisation of a cooled photodiode
- Characterisation of an uncooled camera
Methodology and assessment
Lectures and exercices
Interactive demonstrations
Labwork
Pedagogical manager(s):
- Isabelle Ribet - Senior scientist at Onera, professor associated with Institut d'Optique
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