Title :
A short history of 50 years of research in the far infrared: 1952-2002
Author_Institution :
Lab. Infrarouge Lointain, Univ. Henri Poincare, Nancy, France
Abstract :
The authors call far-infrared (FIR), the part of the electromagnetic (EM.) spectrum ranging from 30 /spl mu/m to 1000/spl mu/m. A short history of 50 years of research in the far infrared (1952-2002) is considered now that the field has progressed so much. It is possible to write this story from published documents and from memory of the major events. It is supplemented by some souvenirs.
Keywords :
history; infrared detectors; submillimetre waves; 30 to 1000 micron; electromagnetic spectrum; far infrared; published documents; research; souvenirs; Astronomy; Finite impulse response filter; History; Magnetic fields; Masers; Materials processing; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2002. Conference Digest. Twenty Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7423-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2002.1076050
