We discuss two possible optical noise sources in an electro-optic camera loaded on a low earth orbit satellite. The first noise source was a reflection at the window for signal rays incident upon the window which is placed before the FPA plane. The second noise source came from a reflection at the surface of the FPA cell when the signal flux is not entirely absorbed. We investigate the noise generation processes for two optical noise sources, and a parametric solution is used to estimate the optical noise effects.

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J. Robotic Syst.

• C. C. Yang and F. W. Ciarallo, "Optimized sensor placement for active visual inspection," J. Robotic Syst. 18, 1-15 (2001). [CrossRef]

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

• J. H. Lee, C. W. Lee, Y. M. Kim, and J. W. Kim, "Optomechanical design of a compact imaging spectrometer for a microsatellite STSAT3," J. Opt. Soc. Korea 13, 193-200 (2009). [CrossRef]
• C. S. Lim, "The optical design of miniaturized microscope objective for CARS imaging catheter with fiber bundle," J. Opt. Soc. Korea 12, 424-430 (2010). [CrossRef]
• J. O. Park, W. K. Jang, S. Kim, H. S. Jang, and S. H. Lee, "Stray light analysis of high resolution camera for a low-earth-orbit satellite," J. Opt. Soc. Korea 15, 52-55 (2011). [CrossRef]

Microelectron. Eng.

• Y. Kim, P. D. Bisschop, and G. Vandenberghe, "Characterization of stray light of ArF lithographic tools:modeling of power spectral density of an optical pupil," Microelectron. Eng. 83, 643-646 (2006). [CrossRef]

Optik

• M. M. Talha, J. Chang, Y. Wang, T. Zhang, D. Cheng, and Z. H. Sun, "Design, tolerancing and stray light analyses of a freeform HMD optical system," Optik 121, 750-755 (2010).
• C. Hung, Y. Fang, C. Tsai, C. Lin, K. Yeh, and J. Wu, "Optical design of high performance con-focal microscopy with digital micro-mirror and stray light filters," Optik 121, 944-952 (2010).

Proc. SPIE

• G. L. Peterson, "Stray light calculation methods with optical ray trace software," Proc. SPIE 3780, 132-137 (1999). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics

• S. Iqbal, M. M. S. Gualini, and K. Rashid, "Stray noises and illuminations disturbing the performance of positionsensitive devices," in Proc. SPIE International Symposium on Optics & Photonics (San Diego, USA, 2005), vol. 5867, paper-05.

Other

• A. Makynen, "Position-sensitive devices and sensor systems for optical tracking and displacement sensing applications," Doctoral Dissertation, University of Oulu, Finland (2000).

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