NASA collaborates with DRS Technologies to create mid-infrared detector
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA scientist Xiaoli Sun and his industry partner have created the world's first photon-counting detector sensitive to the mid-infrared wavelength bands—a spectral sweet spot for a number of remote-sensing applications, including the detection of greenhouse gases on Earth, Mars and other planetary bodies, as well as ice and frost on comets, asteroids and the moon.