Detectors & Imaging

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Detectors & Imaging

Terahertz focal-plane array enables real-time, super-resolution imaging

Jan. 4, 2024
A plasmonic photoconductive terahertz focal-plane array (THz-FPA) tackles a long-standing imaging speed problem and enables rich, high-quality terahertz information.
(Photo credit: Sam O’Keefe/University of Missouri)
Detectors & Imaging

Webb’s infrared images reveal transients within Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster

Dec. 20, 2023
Imagery from Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing effects may help researchers hunt for dark matter.
(Image credit: F. Guo et al. [2])
Detectors & Imaging

Seeing AR through the eyes of a shipmaster

Nov. 15, 2023
Research reveals the capabilities high-end systems must have to meet users’ needs within the complex marine environment.
First Light Imaging
Detectors & Imaging

Drone-enabled solution to PV inspection

Nov. 10, 2023
Combining a line laser, SWIR camera, and drone technology provides PV plant operators with a contactless solution to improve their ongoing inspection processes.
(Photo credit: Werner Slocum/NREL)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Tim Silverman and Nicole Luna look over data generated by PLatypus, which was connected to a photovoltaics system on the Flatirons campus.
Detectors & Imaging

Photoluminescence imaging tool inspects solar cells for invisible damage

Nov. 2, 2023
Solar cells inside a photovoltaic module can crack during hail events or other extreme weather without breaking the glass—which effects their power output—but a ‘PLatypus’ tool...
Lasers & Sources

Visible LED line light features an integrated strobe

Feb. 28, 2024
COBRA HyperSpec Visible hyperspectral LED lights focus specifically on the visible band between 400 and 700 nm.
Detectors & Imaging

Handheld multispectral camera offers 10X optical and 12X digital zoom

Feb. 27, 2024
The ZH580 handheld multispectral imaging camera uses nondestructive testing to diagnose power defects in substations and transmission lines.
Lasers & Sources

Tunable alexandrite laser sources emit in near-infrared

Feb. 26, 2024
Diode-pumped tunable alexandrite laser sources emitting in the near-infrared are used for LiDAR remote sensing, quantum technologies, photoacoustic microscopy, and biosensing....
Detectors & Imaging

2.5 GigE camera offers peak quantum efficiency of 72% at 550 nm

Feb. 24, 2024
The Triton2 TRT024G 2.5 GigE camera uses a Gpixel GMAX4002 near-infrared enhanced global shutter CMOS image sensor.