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Uncooled Sub-BLIP Imaging
Quantum Ferroelectrics are a new class of broadband uncooled
detectors. They are sensitive from the RF portion of the
spectrum (10GHz) to the soft X-ray (around 5 KeV). The spectrum
imaged is determined by the choice of input window. Both point
and imaging detectors can be manufactured. They have the unique
property of "Target Gain", a physical process which allows the
construction of detectors with a Quantum Detection Efficiency
greater than unity. This separates these detectors from all
other detectors.
We have recently released the first
Sub-BLIP image from our laboratory experiments in the development of
the Hyperspectral Imaging System. This image
is presented with an accompanying visible light view showing the
experimental setup. There is a freezer pack (blue object, 28 F) with
a plastic cap (36 F) and a small white plastic button (40 F) in its
center, a bag of ice cubes (32 F), a cigarette (coal = 1800 F) and a
"tensor" lamp (tungsten filament 5300 K; filtered by glass
envelope). Room temperature is 69.3 F as displayed on the digital
multimeter in the frame. The infra-red view shows all of these
objects, and a hand (98.6 F) in the same frame. This represents an
interscene dynamic range of over 5000K!
 Experimental Setup
 Sub-Blip
Image
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