Harang, O. and Kosch, M. J. (2001) Absolute optical calibrations using a simple tungsten bulb: Theory. In: 28th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods, 1900-01-01.
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Abstract
The absolute spectral intensity calibration of optical detectors has always been difficult. In the past, this was only possible using expensive sources, which had been cross-calibrated against national standards. We describe a simple theoretical approach to absolute optical calibrations using any ordinary Tungsten light bulb. A key element of the theory is transforming Tungsten into an equivalent black body radiator. This permits direct application of Stefan- Boltzmann’s and Planck’s formulas of radiation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | 28th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DCS-publications-id ; inproc-288 ; DCS-publications-credits ; iono ; DCS-publications-personnel-id ; 7 |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > School of Computing & Communications Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics |
| ID Code: | 6731 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_dcs |
| Deposited On: | 16 Jun 2008 17:01 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2012 02:21 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/6731 |
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