Aviation & Aerospace White Papers and Case Studies

51. Case Study: Uniform Radiance Source For Thermal-Vacuum Sensor Calibration 10/1/2008
    Vacuum Compatible Luminance/Radiance Sphere designed for use in a vacuum chamber to carry out radiometric characterization and calibration of electro-optical sensors under simulated temperature and vacuum environment.
52. White Paper: Design And Characterization Of Uniform Spectral Radiance Source For Test And Calibration Of Radiometers Used For KOPMSAT-3 7/10/2008
    An application-specific uniform calibration source is described. The biggest challenge in developing the system is to achieve 25% higher spectral radiance values than the Earth’s spectral radiance, with the lowest wavelength being the hardest to meet. This pre-flight test equipment will be used for characterization and calibration of imaging radiometers which will be used as satellite-borne remote sensors for KOPMSAT-3. The integrating sphere-based system will be used as a spectral radiance standard
53. Non-Invasive Biomedical Imaging With FD-OCT 6/16/2008

    Current medical practice poses a constant demand for development of non-contact, minimally invasive imaging techniques that can be used in clinics and hospitals for early diagnostics of various diseases and as an alternative to standard excisional biopsy.

54. White Paper: Non-Invasive Biomedical Imaging With FD-OCT 6/16/2008
    Current medical practice poses a constant demand for development of non-contact, minimally invasive imaging techniques that can be used in clinics and hospitals for early diagnostics of various diseases and as an alternative to standard excisional biopsy. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a relatively novel imaging method that allows for non-invasive, cross-sectional imaging of the biological tissue structure with cellular level resolution and at depths of up to 1.5–2 mm below the surface.
55. Measuring Cold Object Temperatures Using Infrared Cameras 2/21/2008
    For cold targets a LWIR or VLWIR camera is superior to MWIR. Data and calculations in support of this position are given in this paper. Submitted by ElectroPhysics
56. White Paper: Measuring Cold Object Temperatures Using Infrared Cameras 2/21/2008
    White Paper: Measuring Cold Object Temperatures Using Infrared Cameras
57. Imaging In The Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Spectrum Helps Track And Detect Lasers On The Battlefield 2/21/2008

    As warfare becomes more asymmetric, civilians and other non-combatants become a larger percentage of the casualties, along with unintended property damage. The military, of course, hopes to avoid these types of casualties and destruction. With advancing technologies that enable more precision from their weapons, they also need better pointing and targeting capabilities, while remaining covert

58. White Paper: Imaging In The Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Spectrum Helps Track And Detect Lasers On The Battlefield 2/21/2008

    As warfare becomes more asymmetric, civilians and other non-combatants become a larger percentage of the casualties, along with unintended property damage. The military, of course, hopes to avoid these types of casualties and destruction. With advancing technologies that enable more precision from their weapons, they also need better pointing and targeting capabilities, while remaining covert

59. White Paper: Optofluidic Trapping And Transport On Solid Core Waveguides Within A Microfluidic Device 10/29/2007
    In this work we demonstrate an integrated microfluidic/photonic architecture for performing dynamic optofluidic trapping and transport of particles in the evanescent field of solid core waveguides
60. Application Note: Hard Disk Drive Development 9/14/2007
    Hard disk drives (HDD) with higher data density and faster access times rely heavily on the stability of the read-write head while flying over the magnetic media