Emerging applications for high-performance near-infrared imagers

Recent advances in ultra-high performance InGaAs focal plane array (FPA) technology has enabled many new imaging applications in diverse fields. This paper briefly describes the InGaAs FPA technology developed by Indigo Systems Corporation, outlines the performance specifications of a new camera based on this InGaAs FPA, and highlights some of the applications for this technology, including laser beam and material characterization and NIR imaging spectroscopy.