REVIEW OF INFRARED SCENE PROJECTOR TECHNOLOGY 1993

The importance of testing IR imagers and missile seekers with realisti c IR scenes warrants a review of the current technologies used in dyna mic infrared scene projection. These technologies include resistive ar rays, deformable mirror arrays, mirror membrane devices, liquid crysta l light valves, laser writers, laser diode arrays, and CRTs. Other met hods include frustrated total internal reflection, thermoelectric devi ces, galvanic cells, Bly cells, and vanadium dioxide. A description of each technology is presented along with a discussion of their relativ e benefits and disadvantages. The current state of each methodology is also summarized. Finally, the methods are compared and contrasted in terms of their performance parameters.