title: Characteristics of active and passive 2-D holographic scanner imaging systems for the middle infrared.
abstract: Holographic scanners are suggested for imaging in the 8-13-Mm spectral region. Advantages in refrigeration and reliability are pointed out. The narrow linewidth of received irradiance may limit passive systems to applications such as thermography, where multispectral imaging should be a useful diagnostic tool. Active systems, which do not suffer from this range limitation, offer inherent advantages with regard to resolution improvement via background discrimination and also with respect to countermeasures.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ih
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kopeika
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ledet