title: Panoramic infrared-imaging spectroradiometer model with reverse phase-modulated beam broadcasting.
abstract: The optical design of a passive remote sensor, a panoramic spectroradiometer (PANSPEC), and its computer-simulated image performance are presented. PANSPEC monitors the surrounding infrared environment for chemical clouds, detecting a presence once absorption or emission spectra characteristic of the chemical species are resolved. PANSPEC broadcasts chemical presence and cloud heading when equipped with a laser transmitter that projects a polarized laser beam source with phase encryption back through the optical system into object space. Various merit functions were programmed and accessed during computer optimization runs for shaping and positioning of the instrument's semishell entrance window, collector, collimator, interferometer, and imager. The result is a balanced near-diffraction-limited circular image, 6.3 mm across with 10-line pairs/mm spatial resolution at 50% modulation, and an f/2.3 working speed.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Carrieri