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An Improved-Efficiency Compact Lamp for the Thermal Infrared

NCJ Number
249616
Journal
Applied Spectroscopy Volume: 69 Issue: 12 Dated: December 2015 Pages: 1511-1513
Date Published
December 2015
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article reports the design and properties of an infrared lamp using a heated alumina emitter suitable for active thermal infrared imaging, as well as comparisons to existing commercial light sources for this purpose.
Abstract
A major type of infrared camera is sensitive to wavelengths in the 8-14 ìm band and is mainly used for thermal imaging. Such cameras can also be used for general broadband infrared reflectance imaging when provided with a suitable light source. The current study determined that the alumina lamp is a broadband non-blackbody source with a lower out-of-band emission intensity and therefore higher electrical efficiency for this application than existing commercial sources. (Publisher abstract modified)

Date Published: December 1, 2015