Infrared Imaging Abstracts: 2000
The following Abstracts of journal literature and patent specifications are taken, with kind permission, from Imaging Abstracts, published by Pira International on behalf of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. These abstracts are dated up to 2003 and this facility is no longer maintained.
The abstracts are Copyright © 1997-2004 Pira International on behalf of the RPS. Original documents are in English unless otherwise stated. The abstracts published here are those which cover aspects of Infrared imaging and are made available here for informational purposes only. No liability can be accepted for the accuracy of the information given or any use that is made of it.
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Micromachined Silicon Grisms: High Resolution Spectroscopy in the Near Infrared
Cianci E, Vitali F, Lorenzetti D, Notargiacomo A, Giovine E (Osservatorio Astron di Roma Italy)
Microelectron. Eng. vol. 53, nos. 1/4, 2000, pp 543-546
An infrared camera, in addition to its normal imaging mode, can be used in the spectroscopic mode, yielding high resolution, with the aid of a silicon grism, which is a prism with a grating attached. Means of producing these grisms by chemical etching, micromachining, and electron beam lithography, are described. 8 refs.
Near-field Optical Microscopy with a Free-electron Laser in the 1-10 µm Spectral Range
Cricenti A (CNR Rome Italy)
Appl. Surf. Sci. vols. 162/163, 2000, pp 275-279
A scanning near-field optical microscope has been used with infrared radiation (wavelengths 1 to 10 µm) from a free-electron laser in a study of the lateral variations of solid interface properties. The local optical properties were determined of a variety of systems, and factors absent from the relevant topological images were detected, and were attributed to local changes in the specimens. 15 refs.
High-speed IR Camera Instrumentation and Applications
Sunose M (Seki Technotron Corp Tokyo Japan)
J. Jpn. Soc. Infrared Sci. Technol. vol. 10, no. 1, 2000, pp 42-47
An indium/antimony focal plane array is incorporated in an infrared camera; its mode of construction and operation are described, and its potential applications to high-speed infrared imaging are discussed. (In Japanese.)
Trends of Nikon's Cooled Thermal Imaging Systems
Kiyota Y (Nikon Corp Tokyo Japan)
J. Jpn. Soc. Infrared Sci. Technol. vol. 10, no. 1, 2000, pp 48-53
Most thermal imaging systems have a single broad spectral response to infrared radiation, and hence are unable to provide information on the spectral distribution of a radiation source. A limited number of multi-infrared CCDs, and coated infrared CCDs, has been produced which are able to provide such spectral data, and their potential applications are discussed. (In Japanese.)
Image Recording Material
Kobayashi F, Kitatani K, Oshima Y (Fuji Photo Film Co)
Patent: US 6,162,574 - 19 December 2000
An image recording material for infrared radiation contains a diazonium salt of a stated formula, an IR radiation absorbing agent, an agent which crosslinks in the presence of an acid, and a binder. The material is able to produce directly a lithographic printing plate using IR radiation, the exposure being controlled by digital computer signals.