Passive Standoff Detection of Chlorine

The HyperSensor camera technology is a new imaging technology for multi/hyperspectral imaging technology developed recently at Surface Optics Corporation. This camera system is a compact solid-state staring multispectral imager that captures the information required to generate complete multispectral cubes with each focal plane exposure. The program proposed here will determine an optimized design for adapting the Hypersensor camera technology to the UV waveband, thereby producing a video rate camera for the detection and tracking of chlorine gas plumes. The Hypersensor includes an integrated real-time processor that analyzes the data as it is received from the camera. The proposed program will identify optimal algorithms for chlorine detection, and produce a preliminary design layout for a real time processor capable of running these algorithms.