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6 Infrared Detection Technology Infrared is an electromagnetic spectrum at a wavelength that is longer than visible light. It can not be seen but it can be detected. Objects that generate heat also generate infrared radiation and those objects include animals and the human body whose radiation is strongest at a wavelength of 9.4 μm. Infrared in this range will not pass through many types of material that pass visible light such as ordinary window glass and plastic. However, it can pass through, with some attenuation, material that is opaque to visible light such as germanium and silicon. The infrared (IR) detection region of the electromagnetic spectrum ranges from 0.78 to 1000 microns(μm) and can be further subdivided into the near, mid and far IR regions which range from 0.78 μm to 2.5μm, 2.5μm to 50 μm and 50 μm to 1000 μm respectively. The most common wavelengths for detection applications occur in the mid IR region and range between 2.5μm and 15μm. A blackbody is a theoretical construct that absorbs all the radiant energy striking it and radiates energy at the maximum possible rate per unit area at each wavelength for any given temperature. In quantum mechanics, the dependence of the radiation density on its frequency and temperature is given by Planck radiation formula: (1) Where h=6.62?0-34[J ?s] is Planck constant; c=3?05[km/s] is the velocity of electromagnetic waves in vacuum; k=1.38?0-23[J/K] is the e Boltzmann constant; T [K] is the absolute temperature of the radiating body; f [Hz] is frequency; RO is the spectral density of radiation equal to power radiation on frequency f in the band of 1.0 Hz by 1.0 m2 of the radiator. The frequency fm on which the spectral density of radiation has the maximum is determined by Wien formula: (2) At present, there are several different detection techniques that utilize