Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This classic opens with a history of the development of the infrared portion of the spectrum, probes the system engineering process, and then examines the characteristics of the successful system engineer. The next eleven chapters delve deeply into the elements of infrared technology. Chapter 13 explains the functional relationships between the various system elements and the effects of their interactions when assembled into a system. In Chapter 14 the reader is invited to watch the development of an infrared search system for commercial jet transports.
Part II contains an in-depth treatment of the applications of infrared techniques to the solution of military, industrial, medical, and scientific problems. It contains nearly 1400 annotated references to the infrared literature of the world. The annotations summarize the content, describe the hardware, details its performance and examine the significant results. The references are carefully arranged, extensively indexed, and does not contain citations to the classified or report literature, a feature appreciated by most readers. For those readers having the necessary credentials, Appendix 4 is a guide to the unpublished and classified literature of the infrared.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I The Elements of the Infrared System
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Infrared System Engineering
• 1.1 The Development of the Infrared Portion of the Spectrum
• 1.2 The Market for Infrared Devices
• 1.3 System Engineering
• 1.4 The System Engineer
• 1.5 The Infrared System and the Organization of This Book
• 1.6 The Literature of the Infrared
• 1.7 The Symbols and Abbreviations Used in This Book
• Chapter 2 Infrared Radiation
• 2.1 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• 2.2 Terminology Used in the Measurement of Radiant Energy
• 2.3 The Measurement of Radiant Flux
• 2.4 Thermal Radiation Thermal Radiation Laws
• 2.5 Emissivity and Kirchhoff's Law
• 2.6 Selective Radiators Absorption Spectra of Gases Absorption Spectra of Liquids and Solids Molecular Emission Spectra
• 2.7 Aids for Radiation Calculations Radiation Slide Rules Charts and Monographs Tables of Blackbody Functions
• 2.8 Other Blackbody Relationships Efficiency of Radiation Production Radiation Contrast
• Chapter 3 Sources of Infrared Radiation
• 3.1 Blackbody-Type Sources Theoretical Principles Construction of a Blackbody-Type Source
• 3.2 Standards for Sources of Radiant Energy
• 3.3 General-Purpose Sources of Infrared The Nernst Glower The Globar The Carbon Arc The Tungsten Lamp The Xenon Arc Lamp The Laser The Sun
• 3.4 Targets The Turbojet Engine The Turbofan Engine The Boeing 707 Jet Transport Afterburning The Ramjet The Rocket Engine Aerodynamic Heating Personnel Surface Vehicles Stars and Planets
• 3.5 Backgrounds The Earth The Sky Outer Space Stars and Planets
• Chapter 4 Transmission of Infrared Radiation Through the Earth's Atmosphere
• 4.1 The Earth's Atmosphere
• 4.2 Water Vapor
• 4.3 Carbon Dioxide
• 4.4 Other Infrared-Absorbing Gases
• 4.5 Field Measurements of Atmospheric Transmission
• 4.6 Laboratory and Analytical Methods of Predicting Atmospheric Transmission
• 4.7 Tables of Atmospheric Transmission Data
• 4.8 Scattering Effects in the Atmosphere
• 4.9 Transmission Through Rain
• 4.10 Atmospheric Scintillation
• Chapter 5 Optics
• 5.1 Refraction and Reflection
• 5.2 Describing an Optical System
• 5.3 Factors Affecting Image Quality Diffraction Aberrations
• 5.4 Typical Optical Systems for the Infrared Reflective Optics Refractive Optics Miscellaneous Considerations in the Choice of Optics
• 5.5 Auxiliary Optics
• 5.6 Methods of Generating Scan Patterns
• 5.7 Optical Materials for the Infrared
• 5.8 Antireflection Coatings
• 5.9 High-Reflection Coatings
• 5.10 Optical Filters
• 5.11 Collimators
• Chapter 6 Optical Modulation
• 6.1 Optical Filtering for Background Discrimination
• 6.2 The Use of Reticles for Background Suppression
• 6.3 The Use of Reticles to Provide Directional Information Rotating Reticles Stationary Reticles Two-Color Reticles
• 6.4 Tracking Systems Without Reticles
• 6.5 Comments on Reticle Design
• 6.6 Fabrication of Reticles
• Chapter 7 Introduction to Detectors
• 7.1 How the Performance of a Detector is Described
• 7.2 Thermal Detectors The Thermocouple The Thermopile The Bolometer The Pneumatic or Golay Detector The Calorimetric Detector Problems of Blackening Thermal Detectors
• 7.3 Photon or Quantum Detectors The Photoelectric Detector The Photoconductive Detector The Photovoltaic or p-n Junction Detector The Photoelectromagnetic Detector Spectral Response of Photon Detectors Fabrication of Photon Detectors
• 7.4 The Comparison of Detectors
• 7.5 Optically Immersed Detectors
• 7.6 Imaging Detectors Infrared Film The Image Converter The Vidicon The Photothermionic Image Converter The Evaporograph The Infrared-Sensitive Phosphor
• Chapter 8 Noise
• 8.1 Types of Noi