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Author Wolfe, William L.

Title Introduction to radiometry / William L. Wolfe
Published Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 184 pages) : illustrations
Series Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 29
Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; TT29.
Contents 1. Introduction -- History -- Organization
2. Radiometric quantities, the language -- Angle and Solid Angle -- Projected Area and Projected Solid Angle -- Definitions of Basic Radiometric Quantities -- Photonic Radiometric Quantities -- Spectral Variables -- Spectral Radiometric Quantities -- Luminous Quantities -- Fluometry -- The Chinese Restaurant System
3. Radiative transfer -- The Fundamental Equation of Radiative Transfer -- Lambertian Emitters -- Transfer between a Differential Element and a Disk -- Other Geometries and Distributions
4. Transmission, reflection, emission, and absorption -- Some Definitions -- The Conservation of Power -- Kirchhoff's Law -- Absorption and Emission -- Transmission and Reflection -- Some Examples -- Relationships among Transmissivity, Reflectivity, Absorptivity, and Emissivity
5. Radiance -- The Invariance of Radiance in a Vacuum -- Invariance of (Reduced) Radiance across an Interface -- The Invariance of Throughput -- Path Radiance
6. Sources -- Laser Sources -- Blackbodies -- Cavity Radiators -- Thermal Sources
7. Detectors -- Detector Descriptions -- Detector Types -- Detector Noises -- Summary of Noises -- Summary of Detector Properties -- Some Real Problems
8. Review of optics -- Photons, Waves, and Rays -- Interference -- Diffraction -- The Thin Lens -- Ray Traces -- Paraxial Ray Traces -- Aberrations -- Stops and Pupils
9. Normalization -- The Need for Normalization -- Effective Values -- Photometry -- An Illuminating Example -- Other Normalizations -- Normalization to the Peak -- Normalization to the Average -- Normalization to the Bandwidth -- A Nasty Denormalization
10. Calibration standards -- Types of Standards -- Photometric Standards -- Flux Standards -- Synchrotrons -- Material Standards
11. Measurement techniques -- Relative and Absolute Measurements -- Errors -- Rules of Measurement -- The Measurement Equation -- A Taxonomy of Measurements
12. Measurement of fluxes -- Measurement of Power -- Measurement of Incidance -- Measurement of Exitance -- Measurement of Intensity -- Measurement of Radiance -- Calibration Techniques for Radiometers
13. Measurement of material properties -- Total Hemispherical Emissivity -- Spectral Directional Emissivity -- Total Directional Emissivity -- Specular Reflectivity -- Specular Transmittance -- Internal Transmittance and Absorption Coefficient -- Directional-Hemispherical Reflection -- Directional-Hemispherical Transmittance -- Bidirectional Reflectance and Transmittance -- Refractive Index
14. Radiometric temperatures -- Radiometric Temperatures -- Atmospheric Transmission -- Effective Temperature
15. Polarization effects -- Descriptions of Polarization -- Polarization from Dielectrics -- Polarization from Metals -- Polarization from Surface Scattering -- Polarization from Slits -- Polarization as a Result of Atmospheric Transmission -- Representative Mueller Matrices
Appendix. Some geometric configuration factors -- Introduction -- Preliminaries and Definitions -- Plane Parallel Rectangles -- Two Perpendicular Plane Rectangles -- Contour Integration -- Infinite Planes, Concentric Spheres, and Infinitely Long Cylinders -- Some Other Geometries -- Summary and Overview
Summary Radiometry is an essential part of the optical design of virtually every optical instrument, and key to many applications. It is also used to measure the radiation of various objects. This tutorial examines both the techniques of calculating radiative transfer and the measurement of fluxes and radiometric properties of various sorts
Notes "SPIE digital library."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Radiation -- Measurement.
SCIENCE -- Physics -- Quantum Theory.
Radiation -- Measurement
Radiometrie
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Form Electronic book
Author Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
ISBN 9780819478566
0819478563