{"id":224543,"date":"2025-11-05T05:28:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/infrared-sensors-gain-sensitivity-with-ultra-thin-lens-for-fire-and-threat-monitoring"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:28:56","slug":"infrared-sensors-gain-sensitivity-with-ultra-thin-lens-for-fire-and-threat-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/infrared-sensors-gain-sensitivity-with-ultra-thin-lens-for-fire-and-threat-monitoring","title":{"rendered":"Infrared sensors gain sensitivity with ultra-thin lens for fire and threat monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/infrared-sensors-gain-sensitivity-with-ultra-thin-lens-for-fire-and-threat-monitoring3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems.<\/p>\n<p>The key to the approach is innovative lens technology thinner than a <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/human+hair\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">human hair<\/a>, which can collect and process <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/infrared+radiation\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">infrared radiation<\/a> from fires and other heat sources with much improved efficiency. Crucially, it does not need cryogenic cooling, unlike current sensors.<\/p>\n<p>The result is <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/sensor+technology\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">sensor technology<\/a> that promises to enhance devices in both the civilian and military spheres, said Dr. Tuomas Haggren, lead researcher on the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems. The key to the approach is innovative lens technology thinner than a human hair, which can collect and process infrared radiation from fires and other heat sources with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}