TABLE OF CONTENTS Peter Dennis, Tim J. Phillips and Dave Huckridge
Keywords Thermal imaging, Infrared
The ability to see in the dark is a key differentiator in many military scenarios and the development of thermal imaging (TI) systems has provided the military with a battle winning capability. One of the current key thrusts is to be able to detect and identify targets at significantly longer ranges. The research programme in QinetiQ has been providing solutions to satisfy these requirements for many years. In addition, one of the major benefits from this research, has been the opportunity to provide TI sensors into the civil market for application including fire fighting. In this review many of the new concepts currently being developed are described and illustrated.
Robert W. Bogue
Keywords Radiation, Imaging, Spectroscopy, Healthcare
Discusses recent progress in technology based on electromagnetic radiation at terahertz frequencies. Considers recent corporate activities and describes technological developments with applications in the physical and life sciences.
Robert W. Bogue
Keywords Environmental impact, Water, Sensors, Lasers
Describes the development of low cost optical sensor systems for water quality monitoring developed under the LOADMON EU research programme. It uses two laser diodes as the sources: one emits blue light at 405nm and the other red light at 670nm. The former excites fluorescence of organic materials present in the sample and the red light creates a scatter signal from...
