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BLIPbackground-limited infrared photoconductor
DIRdispersive infrared
ETIRenvironmental thermal infrared
FIRfull indicator reading; far-infrared
FIRTfar-infrared transmission
FITfast ion transport; flexible infrared transmission
FLIRforward-looking infrared
FTIRFourier transform infrared; frustrated total internal reflection
HRIRhigh-resolution infrared radiometer
IIRimaging infrared
IRinfrared
IRAMSinfrared automatic mass screening
IRASinfrared astronomy satellite
IRCCDinfrared charge-coupled device
IRCMinfrared countermeasure
IRCSDinfrared charge-swept device
IREinfrared endoscope; Institute of Radio Engineers
IREDinfrared-emitting diode
IRISinfrared intelligent spectro-radiometer; infrared interferometer spectrometer
IRLDinfrared laser diode
IRMSinfrared measurement system
IRSTinfrared search and track
ISIinfrared signature imaging
LANTIRNlow-altitude navigation and targeting infrared at night
LWIRlong-wavelength infrared
MCTmercury cadmium telluride — Mercury cadmium teluride (HgCdTe) is a specific alloy combination that allows one to obtain any optical absorption bandgap of the material between 0 and 1.5 electron volts (eV) making it completely transparent at photon energies and wavelengths below the energy gap in the infrared.
MIRACLmid-infrared advanced chemical laser
MIRTmolecular infrared track
MWIRmedium-wavelength infrared; mid-wave infrared
NDIRnondispersive infrared
NIRnear infrared
PIRTprecision infrared triangulation
QWIPquantum-well infrared photodetector
SIRSsatellite infrared spectrometer
SWIRshort-wavelength infrared
THIRtemperature-humidity infrared radiometer
TIROStelevision and infrared observation satellite
TRIRtime-resolved infrared radiometry
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