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The measurement of light

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Author

Editor

  • Lars Olof Björn

Summary, in English

In this chapter various thermal, electronic and chemical devices are described, as well as well as the construction and calibration of a spectroradiometer. A separate section is devoted to the measurement of very weak light, such as the ultraweak luminescence from living cells.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

69-91

Publication/Series

Photobiology — The science of life and light, 2nd. ed.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Biological Sciences

Keywords

  • Photothermal devices Bolometer Thermopile Thermopneumatic device Photomultiplier Semiconductor Photoelectric effect Actinometer Dosimeter Wavelength converter Quantum counter Spectroradiometer Spectroradiometry Ulbricht sphere Integrating sphere Langley Input optics Lock-in amplifier Shot noise Pulse counting Photon counting Charge-coupled device CCD

Status

Published

Project

  • Photobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-0-387-72654-0