Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems
The long-wave infrared (LWIR) quantum-well photodetector (QWIP) operates at low temperatures, but is prone to focal plane temperature changes when imaging in complex thermal environments. This causes dark current changes and generates low-frequency temporal dark current noise. To address this, a dar...
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| author | Haoting Du Jintong Xu Zihao Yin Mengyang Chai Dexin Sun |
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| description | The long-wave infrared (LWIR) quantum-well photodetector (QWIP) operates at low temperatures, but is prone to focal plane temperature changes when imaging in complex thermal environments. This causes dark current changes and generates low-frequency temporal dark current noise. To address this, a dark current noise correction method based on dark pixels is proposed. First, dark pixels were constructed in a QWIP system and the response components of imaging pixels and dark pixels were analyzed. Next, the feature data of dark pixels and imaging pixels were collected and preprocessed, after which a recurrent neural network (RNN) was used to fit the dark current response model. Target data were collected and input into the dark current response model to obtain dark level correction values and correct the original data. Finally, after calculation and correction, temporal noise was reduced by 49.02% on average. The proposed method uses the characteristics of dark pixels to reduce dark current temporal noise, which is difficult using conventional radiation calibrations; this is helpful in promoting the application of QWIPs in LWIR remote sensing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36fd82c6e5414ab8a5c42746cbdae1242023-11-24T13:07:50ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-12-0112241296710.3390/app122412967Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection SystemsHaoting Du0Jintong Xu1Zihao Yin2Mengyang Chai3Dexin Sun4Key Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaKey Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaKey Laboratory of Infrared System Detection and Imaging Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, ChinaThe long-wave infrared (LWIR) quantum-well photodetector (QWIP) operates at low temperatures, but is prone to focal plane temperature changes when imaging in complex thermal environments. This causes dark current changes and generates low-frequency temporal dark current noise. To address this, a dark current noise correction method based on dark pixels is proposed. First, dark pixels were constructed in a QWIP system and the response components of imaging pixels and dark pixels were analyzed. Next, the feature data of dark pixels and imaging pixels were collected and preprocessed, after which a recurrent neural network (RNN) was used to fit the dark current response model. Target data were collected and input into the dark current response model to obtain dark level correction values and correct the original data. Finally, after calculation and correction, temporal noise was reduced by 49.02% on average. The proposed method uses the characteristics of dark pixels to reduce dark current temporal noise, which is difficult using conventional radiation calibrations; this is helpful in promoting the application of QWIPs in LWIR remote sensing.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/24/12967dark currentnoise correctionQWIPLWIRdark pixels |
| spellingShingle | Haoting Du Jintong Xu Zihao Yin Mengyang Chai Dexin Sun Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems Applied Sciences dark current noise correction QWIP LWIR dark pixels |
| title | Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems |
| title_full | Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems |
| title_fullStr | Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems |
| title_short | Dark Current Noise Correction Method Based on Dark Pixels for LWIR QWIP Detection Systems |
| title_sort | dark current noise correction method based on dark pixels for lwir qwip detection systems |
| topic | dark current noise correction QWIP LWIR dark pixels |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/24/12967 |
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