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<strong>Infrared</strong> Detector<br />

An infrared detector is at the heart of every infrared sensing and imaging<br />

instrument. whatever its configuration. <strong>Infrared</strong> detectors can sense infrared<br />

radiant energy and produce useful electrical signals proportional to the<br />

temperature of target surfaces. Instruments using infrared detectors and<br />

optics to gather and focus energy from the targets onto these detectors are<br />

capable of measuring target surface temperatures with sensitivities better<br />

than 0.10 °C (0.18 ºF). and with response limes in the microsecond (μs)<br />

range. An instrument that measures the temperature of a spot on a target in<br />

this manner is called an infra red radiation thermometer. An instrument that<br />

combines this measurement capability with a means or mechanism for<br />

scanning the target surface is called an infrared thermal imager. It can<br />

produce thermal maps, or thermograms, where the brightness intensity or<br />

color hue of any spot on the map represents the apparent temperature of the<br />

surface at that point.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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