Infrared Signatures, Sensors and Technologies

About the book :

This monograph on 'Infrared Signatures, Sensors, and Technologies', a topic, on which the availability of literature, especially at one place, is the need of the hour for the scientists engaged in Infrared Signatures, Sensors and Technologies in particular, and the researchers and academicians in general. Practically, all types of the IR Signatures, Sensors, and Technologies including Infrared Spectrum and Sensors, Infrared (IR) Signatures, Deceiving Technologies - Types, Analysis and Modeling of IR Signatures and Countermeasures, Thermal and Radar Signature Management, Fabrication of IR Sensors, Detector Technology and Discussion on QWIPs and QDIPs IR Detectors, IR Threats - RADAR Technology, and IR Seekers, have been discussed in reasonable detail in this monograph, thereby making it very useful indeed for the scientific community in the world. This monograph presents the different aspects of the subject at one place, and therefore, this effort will certainly bridge the gaps between the various types of research papers and technical reports at different places. This monograph should especially be useful for the designers and engineers of the IR devices and sensors, as the topic has been presented and discussed at length. In addition, the monograph is expected to be of immense utility for the budding researchers and scientists in the field, since it provides a large number of recent theoretical and experimental results available in the literature for them to have a clear understanding of the subject.

About the Author :

Dr Kamal Nain Chopra has done BSc (University of Delhi), MSc (Physics- IIT, Delhi), MTech (Opto-Electronics - IIT, Delhi), and PhD (Applied Physics- IIT, Delhi). He has served DRDO for a period of 33 years and superannuated as Scientist G, from Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC), Delhi, in the year 2005. Subsequently, he has also served as Professor (Physics) in NSIT (DU) and MAIT (GGSIPU), and as Project Scientist in IIT, Delhi, in various projects, on topics including Photonics, Thin Films, and Optical Testing.

He has about 390 publications including about 330 in peer reviewed international journals, 15 Invited talks; 15 Technical reports; and 30 papers in International Conference Proceedings.

He has authored three monographs titled, 'Thin Films and their Applications in Military and Civil Sectors', 2010; ‘Unconventional Lasers: Design and Technical Analysis’, 2017 and 'Spintronics Theoretical Analysis and Designing of Devices Based on Giant Magnetoresistance' published by DESIDOC, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, India; four books ‘Conventional and Unconventional Sources of Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy Sources', 2017; 'Novel Emerging Techniques of Business Management', 2021; 'Optoelectronic Instrumentation for Research in Oceanography', 2021; published by Lambert Academic Publishing, LAP, Germany; and 'Optoelectronic Gyroscopes and Applications', 2021 has been published by Springer Nature.

He has undertaken visits to foreign universities and industries including: School of Thin Film Coatings, Department of Physics, St Jerome University, Marseille, France (1984-85); Department of Physics, Innsbruck University, Austria; M/s Balzers, Liechtenstein, Switzerland (1995); and M/s Elettrorava, Torino, Italy (2000).

He has vast experience of serving the Recruitment and Assessment Boards of DRDO (RAC and CEPTAM), as Chairman as well as Expert Board Member.