ABSTRACT
There are many critical challenges for future civilian and military infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) detector applications. For many systems, such as night-vision goggles, the IR image is viewed by the human eye, which can discern resolution improvements only up to about 1 megapixel, roughly the same resolution as high-definition television. Most high-volume applications can be completely satisfied with a format of 1280 × 1024. Although wide-area surveillance and astronomy applications could make use of larger formats, funding limits may prevent the exponential growth that was seen in past decades.
