Preventing image information loss of imaging sensors in case of laser dazzle

Gunnar Ritt; Bastian Schwarz; Bernd Eberle

doi:10.1117/12.2325307

9 October 2018 Preventing image information loss of imaging sensors in case of laser dazzle

Gunnar Ritt, Bastian Schwarz, Bernd Eberle

Proceedings Volume 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV; 107970R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325307
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2018, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

We present an optical concept for imaging sensor systems, designed to reduce considerably the sensor’s image information loss in cases of laser dazzle, based on the principle of complementary bands. For this purpose, the sensor system’s spectral range is split in several (at least two) spectral channels, where each channel possesses its own imaging sensor. This long-known principle is applied, for example, in high-quality 3-sensor colour cameras. However, in such camera systems, the spectral separation between the different spectral bands is far too poor to prevent complete sensor saturation when illuminated with intense laser radiation. We increased the channel separation by orders of magnitude by implementing advanced optical elements. Thus, monochromatic radiation of a dazzle laser mainly impacts the dedicated transmitting spectral channel. The other (out-ofband) spectral channels are not or – depending on the laser power – only hardly affected. In this paper, we present our system design as well as a performance evaluation of the sensor concerning laser dazzle.

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Gunnar Ritt, Bastian Schwarz, and Bernd Eberle "Preventing image information loss of imaging sensors in case of laser dazzle", Proc. SPIE 10797, Technologies for Optical Countermeasures XV, 107970R (9 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2325307

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