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Methods of Photometric and Radiometric Measurements

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Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses

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The ability of any flow of optical radiation to make energy actions is identified by the statistical average of the Poynting vector designated as the optical vector satisfying Eq. 1.3. The spatial, temporal, and spectral densities of the space- or time-averaged flow of radiation in the UV, visible, and IR optical-frequency domains identify the radiometric and photometric extents of radiation. Luminous actions of optical radiation are given by the vector, which forms luminous power and energy extents with the relative spectral luminous efficiency of radiation for the photopic vision of the human eye. In every case, a particular extent or parameter of radiation transfer, as intensity, radiant intensity, radiance or luminance, and radiant or luminous flux, can be identified via the spatial, surface, angular, or temporal density of radiation. The specifics of any measurement of a power or energy derivative for the radiation flow define the choice of the density of either radiant or luminous flux or the energy density of a beam at a given localized space and time region.

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Bukshtab, M. (2012). Methods of Photometric and Radiometric Measurements. In: Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2165-4_2

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