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Infrared detectors for space applications

  • Wolfgang Fick EMAIL logo , Kai Uwe Gassmann , Luis-Dieter Haas , Markus Haiml , Stefan Hanna , Dominique Hübner , Holger Höhnemann , Hans-Peter Nothaft and Richard Thöt
Published/Copyright: October 26, 2013
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Advanced Optical Technologies
From the journal Advanced Optical Technologies Volume 2 Issue 5-6

Abstract

The motivation and intended benefits for the use of infrared (IR) detectors for space applications are highlighted. The actual status of state-of-the-art IR detectors for space applications is presented based on some of AIM’s currently ongoing focal plane detector module developments covering the spectral range from the short-wavelength IR (SWIR) to the long-wavelength IR (LWIR) and very long-wavelength IR (VLWIR), where both imaging and spectroscopy applications will be addressed. In particular, the integrated detector cooler assemblies for a mid-wavelength IR (MWIR) push-broom imaging satellite mission, for the German hyperspectral satellite mission EnMAP and the IR detectors for the Sentinel 3 SLSTR will be elaborated. Additionally, dedicated detector modules for LWIR/VLWIR sounding, providing the possibility to have two different PVs driven by one ROIC, will be addressed.

Keywords: AIM; infrared; LWIR; MCT; MWIR; SWIR; VLWIR; OCIS codes: 040.2480; 040.3060
Corresponding author: Wolfgang Fick, AIM INFRAROT-MODULE GmbH, Theresienstr. 2, D-74072 Heilbronn, Germany, e-mail:

EnMap is built under contract of the German Space Administration DLR with funds of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology (50 EP 0801). The work on the MTG phase A predevelopment activities has been supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) under contract ESTEC 20833/07/NL/FF. The support is gratefully acknowledged.

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Received: 2013-8-14
Accepted: 2013-9-27
Published Online: 2013-10-26
Published in Print: 2013-12-01

©2013 by THOSS Media & De Gruyter Berlin Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/aot-2013-0046
Keywords for this article
AIM; infrared; LWIR; MCT; MWIR; SWIR; VLWIR; OCIS codes: 040.2480; 040.3060

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