УДК: 535. 242

Light source for measurement of threshold power and energy of optical radiation

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Кувалдин Э.В., Шульга А.А. Осветитель установки для измерения пороговой мощности и энергии оптического излучения // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 2. С. 52–58.

Kuvaldin E.V., Shulga A.A. Light source for measurement of threshold power and energy of optical radiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 2. P. 52–58.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

E. V. Kuvaldin and A. A. Shul’ga, "Light source for measurement of threshold power and energy of optical radiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(2), 108-112 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000108

Abstract:

We describe a light source to provide calibrated radiance in a device for verifying the threshold characteristics of optical systems employing detector arrays. We investigate a variety of approaches to light-source calibration and estimate the measurement error of the device.

Keywords:

light source, threshold power, threshold energy, calibration, device

OCIS codes: 020.1335; 120.2440

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