2026-11-02
Paper A: how night vision and thermal imaging work. Image intensifier tubes (photocathode, microchannel plate, phosphor; Gen 2/3, autogating), uncooled VOx/a-Si microbolometers and cooled detectors, fused goggles and clip-on thermal, the low-current power profile with published anchors, IR illuminators 850/940 nm, FOM, and the honest sealed NiMH role under IEC 61951-2, IEC 62133-1, UN 3496 and IATA A199.