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AOTF-Based Forest Fire Sensor: Optical Design

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The detection of small objects against a highly cluttered background is a scenario with a wide range of practical applications. The focus here is the detection of small incipient forest fires that may be hidden by the forest canopy1,2. Multispectral analysis with adaptive signal processing can facilitate the reduction of false alarm rate and enhance the probability of detection for a small object detection system.3,4

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  1. Canadian Space Agency, 6767 rue de l’Aeroport, St. Hubert, P.Q., J3Y 8Y9, Canada

    A. B. Hollinger

  2. Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science, 4850 Keele Street, North York, Ont., M3J 3K1, Canada

    P. J. Thomas & R. H. Wiens

  3. EHR Optical Systems, 1871 Elmhurst Place, Victoria, B.C., V8N 1R1, Canada

    E. H. Richardson

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  1. A.U.G. Signals Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    George A. Lampropoulos

  2. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Jacek Chrostowski

  3. Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    Raymond M. Measures

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Hollinger, A.B., Thomas, P.J., Wiens, R.H., Richardson, E.H. (1995). AOTF-Based Forest Fire Sensor: Optical Design. In: Lampropoulos, G.A., Chrostowski, J., Measures, R.M. (eds) Applications of Photonic Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9247-8_39

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