Sensitive areas such as borders require more than ever heightened perimeter security. They are increasingly subject of illegal immigration, unwanted intrusion and other organised crime. A portable infrared imaging system,…
To be reliably operated off-shore wind turbines need an assured downtime and maintenance pattern to keep costs low. A monitoring project carried out by the authors uses an infrared (LWIR)…
Researchers at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center and at RiverD International B.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands, have developed a novel, cutting-edge method of applying shortwave-infrared Raman spectroscopy at a wavelength…
Methane is a greenhouse gas that is significantly more damaging than carbon dioxide. Uncontrolled leaks from industrial plants can easily escape into the atmosphere. This is seen primarily as an…
Keeping critical parts of the railroad infrastructure free of snow, hail, ice – and even unauthorized personnel is essential for a safe and uninterrupted transportation service. Dual-band monitoring of critical…
Various visible and infrared cameras have been tested for the early detection of wildfires to protect archaeological treasures. Although visible cameras are low cost and give good results during daytime…
Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a significant spectroscopy technique, has been used in biomedical applications for about 20 years. It has evolved to a standard non-invasive examination procedure yielding detail-rich cross-sectional…
The efficiency of silicon solar cells can be estimated at an early manufacturing stage by deploying photoluminescence detectors. The phenomenon of luminescence, however, is a very weak effect occurring in…
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has evolved to a standard non-invasive biomedical analysis technique yielding a detail-rich cross-sectional image of living tissue. It spreads with breath-taking velocity and advances in the…
Optical microscopes typically use refractive glass lens systems to examine samples at large magnifications. Unlike infrared camera in MWIR and LWIR, SWIR cameras can operate with standard glass optics and…