Another benefit might be to make soldiers more stealthy at night, by absorbing some of the energy that makes them visible to
infrared imaging devices.
Not exact matches
One is a metamaterial that absorbs 99.75 percent of
infrared light — very useful for thermal
imaging devices.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Manchester, U.K.; Imperial College, London; University of California San Diego; and the National Institute of Material Science (NIMS), Japan, have demonstrated that confined surface phonon polaritons within hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit unique metamaterial properties that enable novel nanoscale optical
devices for use in optical communications, super-resolution
imaging, and improved
infrared cameras and detectors.
The findings from the optical -
imaging research, employing functional near
infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), provided preliminary support for the tool as a low - cost, portable
device for
imaging sports and military concussions, researchers said.
Because these functions are largely regulated in the frontal brain regions, a portable brain -
imaging device (functional near
infrared spectroscopy) was used to examine associated changes in the frontal brain function by placing biosensors on students» foreheads during testing.
«Low - cost
imaging system detects natural gas leaks in real time:
Infrared device enables reliable monitoring under a range of environmental conditions.»
It consists of a charge - coupled
device camera with four color filters spanning wavelengths from 400 to 970 nm plus a near -
infrared imaging spectrometer covering wavelengths from 1.25 to 2.5 μm, where the various cryogenic ices are distinguishable via their characteristic vibrational absorption features.
The
device, called the vortex coronagraph, was recently installed inside the Near
Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2), the workhorse infrared imaging camera
Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2), the workhorse
infrared imaging camera
infrared imaging camera at Keck.
«Near -
infrared (NIR)
imaging devices capture light in the wavelength range of 800nm to 1300nm.