Modelled and experimental laser-induced sensor damage thresholds to continuous wave infrared sources

Christopher Burgess; Lee Hill; Lindsay Lewins; Christopher Westgate

doi:10.1117/12.2326401

9 October 2018 Modelled and experimental laser-induced sensor damage thresholds to continuous wave infrared sources

Christopher Burgess, Lee Hill, Lindsay Lewins, Christopher Westgate

Proceedings Volume 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV; 107970T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2326401
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2018, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

The laser-induced damage thresholds of commercial off-the-shelf visible and shortwave infrared cameras are measured under laboratory and outdoor conditions for infrared laser exposure times varying from microseconds to continuous wave. The damage threshold results are compared with a simple thermal model, which shows strong correlation with the experimental data, allowing the model to be used to predict camera damage thresholds across a range of exposure durations and wavelengths.

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Christopher Burgess, Lee Hill, Lindsay Lewins, and Christopher Westgate "Modelled and experimental laser-induced sensor damage thresholds to continuous wave infrared sources", Proc. SPIE 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV, 107970T (9 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2326401

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