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Broadband optical radiation detector
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hong, S. D. Gupta, A. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | A method and apparatus for detecting optical radiation by optically monitoring temperature changes in a microvolume caused by absorption of the optical radiation to be detected is described. More specifically, a thermal lens forming material is provided which has first and second opposite, substantially parallel surfaces. A reflective coating is formed on the first surface, and a radiation absorbing coating is formed on the reflective coating. Chopped, incoming optical radiation to be detected is directed to irradiate a small portion of the radiation absorbing coating. Heat generated in this small area is conducted to the lens forming material through the reflective coating, thereby raising the temperature of a small portion of the lens forming material and causing a thermal lens to be formed therein. |
| File Size | 796663 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19830011326 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3130px48 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-04-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Optics Infrared Detectors Radiation Absorption Light Beams Radiation Detectors Broadband Collimation Antireflection Coatings Beam Splitters Lenses Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |