Combined Source-detector Response Characteristics

Author

Dwight C. Look, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

A very simple model of thermal radiation sources and detectors is used to examine the resultant response of the combination. The desired output of this combination is the characteristic of the source. Through this simple model it is demonstrated that the detector output may be very misleading if the entrance aperture of the detector is large or the spatial variation of the source varies wildly. Only if the source spatial variation is very large compared to the area seen by the detector is there any hope of obtaining the desired information. © 1984 Optical Society of America.

Recommended Citation

D. C. Look, "Combined Source-detector Response Characteristics," Applied Optics, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 1950 - 1954, Optica, Jun 1984.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.23.001950

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2155-3165; 1559-128X

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Optica, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

15 Jun 1984