
Thermografie in der Theorie
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Micron (Micrometer)
A measurement of length in the metric system appropriate for measuring infrared radiation wavelengths.
1,000,000 microns equals one meter.
Microscope
An optical-assembly made for magnifying objects too small to be seen with the human eye. Infrared
microscopes operate in the infrared instead of the visible.
Mid Infrared (MWIR)
The middle infrared spectrum, usually from 2.4 to 7.0 microns.
Milli Radians
A measure of small angles. Two thousand-pi mill radians can be measured in a complete circle. There are
17.4 mrads per degree of angle.
Mosaic
See FPA - focal plane array.
Narrow Band Pass Filter
A multilayer filter usually based on interference effects whose cut-on and cut-off frequencies are very close
to each other. In infrared, the half width of a narrow band pass filter will be 0.5 to 1.0 micron.
Near Infrared (SWIR)
The shortest wavelength infrared radiation band - 0.7 to 1.4 microns.
Neutral Density Filter
A filter which attenuates radiation uniformly over a wide range of wavelengths; used in infrared systems as
a temperature range extension filter.
Noise
Unwanted signal interference - usually separated into various forms of signal cross talk and random noise
generated by means internal to the sensor.
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