Fast multichannel radiometer for diagnosing munition flashes

Adam D. Devir; Michael Y. Engel; Ilan Mendelewicz; Sahar Vilan; Dario Cabib; Amir Gil

doi:10.1117/12.784275

16 April 2008 Fast multichannel radiometer for diagnosing munition flashes

Adam D. Devir, Michael Y. Engel, Ilan Mendelewicz, Sahar Vilan, Dario Cabib, Amir Gil

Proceedings Volume 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV; 69401O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.784275
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Understanding of the temporal and spectral behavior of the radiation emitted from fast transients such as gun shots, explosions, missile launches and kinetic ammunition is very important for the development of IRST, MWS and IRCM systems. The spectral-temporal behavior of the signature of these events is an essential factor for their detection and for the filtering of false alarms. Munitions flashes are fast transient phenomena with time duration that range from the sub-millisecond to a fraction of a second. A full characterization of the infrared signature of these events involves measurement of the evolution of its spectral distribution in time where the temporal resolution required is of the order of microseconds. We describe here a method for utilizing a four-channel radiometer to extract the above-mentioned data from these events. We show that we can derive the temporal evolution of the temperature of an explosion on time scale of 20&mgr;sec and separate energy releasing processes. Several practical examples will be given.

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Adam D. Devir, Michael Y. Engel, Ilan Mendelewicz, Sahar Vilan, Dario Cabib, and Amir Gil "Fast multichannel radiometer for diagnosing munition flashes", Proc. SPIE 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV, 69401O (16 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.784275

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