As drone threats push detection ranges outward, C-UAS performance is increasingly decided at the limits of visibility—where targets are only a few pixels, sig ...
As the U.S. Army produces third-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensors, officials are exploring emerging capabilities that might be integrated into fourth-generation systems. FLIR ...
I recently had to build an infrared close proximity sensor that could tell if something was dropped in a parcel delivery drop box. After some searching, I ended up using a microcontroller and a piece ...
How transimpedance amplifiers are used in fiber-optic communications, laser rangefinders, and LiDAR systems. How avalanche photodiodes enhance TIA performance. Application-specific design and topology ...
Pictured, right: these 30 µm Noiseless InGaAs® APDs are high-speed, high-precision infrared sensors. Sheffield, UK,-- Phlux Technology, a manufacturer of avalanche photodiode (APD) infrared sensors, ...
After decades of intense research, surprises in the realm of semiconductors—materials used in microchips to control ...
Electro-optical detectors are used to measure or sense the radiation emitted or reflected by objects within the detector’s optical field of view (FOV). Passive systems operate without any illumination ...