Radiometry and the detection of optical radiation
Abstract
A comprehensive treatment of the generation, transfer, and detection of optical and infrared radiation is given. Topics include the theory and application of blackbody radiation; formal principles of radiometry; signal-to-noise considerations in the detection of optical radiation; and the operating principles of several types of radiation detectors. Among the detectors discussed are: photoemissive detectors; photoconductive detectors; thermal detectors and photovoltaic detectors. The fundamental limitations to the sensitivity of radiation detectors, due to quantum and thermal fluctuations of the radiation field, are also considered.
- Publication:
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New York
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983jws..book.....B
- Keywords:
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- Infrared Radiation;
- Optical Measurement;
- Photometers;
- Radiation Measuring Instruments;
- Black Body Radiation;
- Coherent Light;
- Photoconductivity;
- Photons;
- Photovoltaic Effect;
- Radiation Sources;
- Radiometers;
- Signal To Noise Ratios;
- Thermal Radiation;
- Instrumentation and Photography