1 January 2008 Operational characteristics of a long-wavelength IR multispectral imager based on an acousto-optic tunable filter
Narsingh B. Singh, David A. Kahler, David J. Knuteson, M. Gottlieb, D. Suhre, Andre Berghmans, Brian Wagner, Jerry Hedrick, Thomas J. Karr, Jack J. Hawkins
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Abstract
We have experimentally demonstrated and report on the results of crystal growth, fabrication, design, development, and performance for the long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral imager based on an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) utilizing an efficient crystal, thallium arsenic selenide (Ti3AsSe3 TAS). Results on the growth of 40-mm-diameter, 15-cm-long crystal boules, to fabricate 4.0-cm-long AOTF devices, and on the system design and performance are presented. To achieve an 8-cm-1-resolution AOTF, we developed a design utilizing growth at 10.6 deg off from the c axis of the crystal and achieved >37% efficiency. A system concept was developed with high efficiency, resolution, and throughput utilizing this TAS AOTF. The test setup consisted of an LWIR camera (microbolometer), the AOTF, and a blackbody radiative source (hot filament), and represents the first time AOTF imaging has been achieved with a microbolometer camera. The filament was placed ≈25 cm in front of the AOTF, and the camera was aligned to the first-order diffracted beam of the AOTF. The AOTF was tuned to 10.6-μm wavelength by applying a 13.9-MHz rf signal to the transducer. Preliminary experimental results obtained for SF6 gas utilizing this system are reported.
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Narsingh B. Singh, David A. Kahler, David J. Knuteson, M. Gottlieb, D. Suhre, Andre Berghmans, Brian Wagner, Jerry Hedrick, Thomas J. Karr, and Jack J. Hawkins "Operational characteristics of a long-wavelength IR multispectral imager based on an acousto-optic tunable filter," Optical Engineering 47(1), 013201 (1 January 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2829768
Published: 1 January 2008
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KEYWORDS
Crystals

Long wavelength infrared

Imaging systems

Acousto-optics

Thallium

Transducers

Acoustics

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