Thermal infrared sensors : theory, optimization, and practice /

The problems involved in designing optimal infrared (IR) measuring systems under given conditions are commensurately complex. The optical set-up and radiation conditions, the interaction between sensor and irradiation and the sensor itself, determine the operation of the sensor system. Simple calcul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Budzier, Helmut
Other Authors: Gerlach, Gerald, Müller, Dörte
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:The problems involved in designing optimal infrared (IR) measuring systems under given conditions are commensurately complex. The optical set-up and radiation conditions, the interaction between sensor and irradiation and the sensor itself, determine the operation of the sensor system. Simple calculations for solving these problems without any understanding of the causal relationships are not possible. Thermal Infrared Sensors offers a concise explanation of the basic physical and photometric fundamentals needed for the consideration of these interactions. It depicts the basics of thermal IR.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 302 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300) and index.
ISBN:9780470976906
047097690X
0470976918
9780470976913
0470976756
9780470976753
DOI:10.1002/9780470976913