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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. Dr. Matt Young

    Present address: Electromagnetics Division, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA

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    Young, M. (1977). Light Sources and Detectors. In: Optics and Lasers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-15816-6_3

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