Optical components required for infrared thermal imaging
Windows
Calcium fluoride windows, barium fluoride windows, magnesium fluoride windows, silicon windows, germanium windows, zinc selenide windows, zinc sulfide windows, sapphire windows, fused silica windows, lithium fluoride windows, K9 glass windows
Filters
Germanium long wave pass filters, silicon long wave pass filters
Mirrors
Application fields of infrared thermal imaging
Night reconnaissance, missile guidance, battlefield situational awareness, equipment fault detection, production line monitoring, energy management, disease diagnosis, temperature monitoring, pain management, intrusion detection, fire warning, celestial observation, meteorological research
Instruments required for infrared thermal imaging
Pyroelectric detectors, thermoelectric stack detectors, micro radiometers, photon detectors, signal processing circuits, display systems, power supply systems
