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focal plane

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focal plane [′fō·kəl ‚plān]
(optics)
A plane perpendicular to the axis of an optical system and passing through the focal point of the system.


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The system design incorporates a fifth-generation focal plane array seeker for robust guidance performance and infrared countermeasure resistance and jet vane control for agile turning.
The Thousand Oaks-based imaging and electronics developer, a privately held research spinoff of Rockwell International, will provide infrared focal plane arrays for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
The detection portion of the system is centered on a focal plane array of uncooled, millimeter-wave bolometers.
 
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