July 6, 2012
Launched June 13, 2012, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured it’s first images of a black hole in the high energy X-ray (5 – 80 keV) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Surface Optics, in cooperation with ManTech International Corporation and it’s subsidiary NeXolve, developed the protective thermal covers in-use on the NuSTAR […]
December 13, 2011
The article “Advanced Large Area Deposition Technology for Astronomical and Space Applications”, authored by Surface Optics Corporation’s R & D Engineer Michael L. Fulton and Coatings Lab Manager Richard S. Dummer, describes SOC’s design of a unique 3.3 meter diameter chamber, equipped with an e-beam, resistance source, and Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD) system mounted on a movable stage.
August 17, 2009
The hypersensor camera operates with a unique multispectral imaging modality developed recently at Surface Optics Corporation. The Hypersensor camera is small, low cost, rugged, and solid state, using micro-optics and an array of spectral filters, which captures a complete multispectral cube of spatial and spectral data with every focal plane exposure. The prototype VNIR Hypersensor […]
April 22, 2009
The application of advanced low observable treatments to ground vehicles has led to a requirement for a better understanding of effects of light scattering from surfaces. Measurements of the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) fully describe the angular scattering properties of materials, and these may be used in signature simulations to quantitatively characterize the optical […]
September 13, 2007
Evolutionary computation can increase the speed and accuracy of pattern recognition in multispectral images, for example, in automatic target tracking. The first method treats the clustering process. It determines a cluster of pixels around specified reference pixels so that the entire cluster is increasingly representative of the search object. An initial population (of clusters) evolves […]
January 1, 2007
Photosynthetic efficiency of higher plants dynamically adapts to changing light intensity and is greatly influenced by stress, such as water stress. We tested a new portable hyperspectral imaging system, the SOC-700, manufactured by Surface Optics, which produces 12-bit reflectance images between 440 nm and 880 nm with a 4 nm spectral resolution. We quantified the […]
May 8, 2006
A novel, compact visible multispectral, polarimetric camera is under development. The prototype is capable of megapixel imaging with sixteen wavebands and three polarimetric images. The entire system encompasses a volume less than 125mm x 100mm x 75mm. The system is based on commercial megapixel class CMOS sensors and incorporates real time processing of hyperspectral cube […]
As an offshoot of hyperspectral imaging, which typically acquires tens to slightly more than 100 spectral bands, ultraspectral imaging, with typically more than 1000 bands, provides the ability to use molecular or atomic lines to identify surface or airborne contaminants. Surface Optics Corporation has developed a very high-speed Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) imaging system. This […]
Abstract Hyperspectral imaging in the 2-5 um band has held interest for applications in detection and discrimination of objects of interest. Real time instrumentation is particularly powerful as a tool for characterization and field measurement. A compact, real-time, refractive MWIR hyperspectral imaging instrument has been designed and tested. The system has been designed for cryogenic […]
August 30, 2004
Hyperspectral imaging in the 2-5 um band has held interest for applications in detection and discrimination of targets. Real time instrumentation is particularly powerful as a tool for characterization and field measurement. A compact, real-time, refractive MWIR hyperspectral imaging instrument has been designed and is undergoing integration and test. The system has been designed for […]