Infrared and Photonics Sensors: Theory and Applications

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Fundamentals of infrared (IR) technology. Performance capabilities and operational limitations of IR and photonic devices and sensors. Principles and theory of IR radiation. Analysis of transmission characteristics of optical signals through the atmosphere: effects of scattering, absorption and diffraction as a function of atmospheric parameters. IR sources and detectors. Passive and active IR devices, components and sensors. IR-based and photonic-based sensors; applications to environmental sensing, biotechnology and medical analysis, space and surveillance systems. IR signature analysis. Aspects of advanced IR and photonic technologies with possible performance improvements.