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Light Sources and Detectors

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Optics and Lasers

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In this chapter, we discuss radiometry (and photometry), blackbody sources and line sources, and introduce several types of detector of optical radiation.

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  1. Electromagnetic Technology Division, National Bureau of Standards, 80303, Boulder, CO, USA

    Matt Young Ph. D.

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Young, M. (1984). Light Sources and Detectors. In: Optics and Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21561-6_3

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