RADIOMETRY & PHOTOMETRY BIBLIOGRAPHY

In 1969 Fred Nicodemus authored a paper “Optical Resource Letter on Radiometry” (JOSA 59,243). It was reprinted in an AIP “Radiometry” reprint collection in 1981. This bibliography is intended to update and supplement the 1969 version. The topic breakdown is more in line with the courses that I teach than the original. Individual papers are for the most part bypassed in favor of books, significant book chapters, monographs or reprint collections. Most of these references are in my personal collection.

SYMBOLS, UNITS and TERMINOLOGY

American National Standard Nomenclature and Definitions for Illuminating Engineering. ANSI Standard ANSI/IESNA RP-16 96 (1996)

CIE, International Lighting Vocabulary, CIE Publ. 17 (1970).

ISO, Quantities and units - Part 6. - Light and related electromagnetic radiations, ISO Standards Handbook, Quantities and Units 389.15 (1993)

Symbols, Units and Nomenclature in Physics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (1987).

Wyatt, C.L., V. Privalsky and RT. Datlu, Recommended Practice: Symbols, Units and Uncertainty Analysis for Radiometric Sensor Calibration, NIST Handbook 152 (1998).

GENERAL

Boyd, R.W., Radiometry and the Detection of Optical Radiation, Wiley (1983). Good for the theoretical aspects of radiation geometry, along with several other topics.

Bramson, M.A., Infrared: A Handbook for Applications, Plenum (1966).

Grum, F.C. and R.J. Becherer, Optical Radiation Measurements I. Radiometry, Academic (1979). The best all-around book on radiometry to date.

Hadni, A., Essentials of Modern Physics Applied to the Study of the Infrared, Pergamon (1967).

Holter, M.R., S. Nudelman, G.H. Suits, W.L. Wolfe and G.J. Zissis, Fundamentals of Infrared Technology, Macmillan (1962).

Jamieson, J.A., R.H. McFee, G.N. Plass, R.H. Grube and R.G. Richards, Infrared Physics and Engineering, McGraw-Hill (1963).

Kruse, P.W., L.D. McGlaughlin and R.B. McQuistan, Elements of Infrared Technology, Wiley (1962).

McCluney, W.R., Introduction to Radiometry and Photometry, Artech House (1994). A recent entry, again slightly slanted to the authors specialty of solar energy applications. Both elementary and thorough.

Spiro, I.J. and M. Schlessinger, Infrared Technology Fundamentals, Dekker (1989).

Wolfe, W.L. and G. Zissis, The Infrared Handbook, Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC (1978). The most bang for your buck! At $60, everybody should have one! Available from SPIE.

Wolfe, W.L. Introduction to Radiometry, SPIE, Bellingham, WA (1998). Uneven and terse in spots, still recommended. He was my mentor!

Zalewski, E.F., Radiometry and Photometry, Chapter 24 in Handbook of Optics, Vol. II, McGraw-Hill (1995). An excellent review.

GEOMETRIC RADIATION TRANSFER

Gershun, A., The Light Field, trans. P. Moon, MIT Press (1939).

Howell, J.R., A Catalog of Radiation Configuration Factors, McGraw-Hill (1982). The current edition can be found on-line at sage.me.utexas.edu/~howell/

Nicodemus, F.E., et.al., Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements, NBS Technical Note 910-xx. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, DC (various dates). A series that is rather theoretical with increasing coverage. Some may be out of print. Check GPO for availability.

Siegel, R. and J.R. Howell, Thermal Radiation Transfer, Hemisphere (1981). Intended for mechanical and heat transfer engineers (uses non-SI units like BTU's. degrees Rankine, and the wrong intensity) and highly detailed, this book is the best compendium on radiative transfer.

Sparrow, E.M. & R.D. Cess, Radiation Heat Transfer, Brooks/Cole (1970).

Taylor, J.H., Radiation Exchange, Academic (1990).

RADIOSITY AND RAY TRACING

Ashdown, I., Radiosity: A Programmer’s Perspective, Wiley (1994).

Cohen, M.F. and J.R. Wallace, Radiosity and Realistic Image Syntheses, Academic (1993).

OPTICAL RADIATION SOURCES

Carlson, F.E. and C.N. Clark, "Light Sources for Optical Devices," Vol. 1, Chap. 2 in Applied Optics and Optical Engineering, R. Kingslake, ed., Academic (1975)

Coulson, K.L., Solar and Terrestrial Radiation, Academic, NY (1975).

Eby, J. E. and R.E. Levin, "Incoherent Light Sources," Vol. 7, Chap. 1 in Applied Optics and Optical Engineering, R. R. Shannon and J. Wyant, eds., Academic (1975)

Green, A.S., ed. The Middle Ultraviolet: Its Science and Technology, Wiley (1966)

Grum, F. & R.J. Becherer, "Radiometry", Vol. 1, Chap. 5 in Optical Radiation Measurements, Academic (1979)

Hewitt, H. & A.S. Vause, Lamps and Lighting, Elsevier (1966)

Iqbal, M., An Introduction to Solar Radiation, Academic (1983).

Jacobs, P.A., Thermal Infrared Characterization of Ground Targets and Backgrounds, SPIE TT26 (1996).

Kryskowski, D. & G.H. Suits, "Natural Sources", Chap. 3 in Sources of Radiation, G.J. Zissis, ed., Vol. 1 of The Infrared & Electro-Optical Handbook, SPIE Press (1993)

LaRocca, A.J., "Artificial Sources", Chap. 2 in Sources of Radiation, G.J. Zissis, ed., Vol. 1 of The Infrared & Electro-Optical Handbook, SPIE Press (1993)

LaRocca, A.J., "Artificial Sources", Chap. 10 in Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1, Part 4. Optical Sources, McGraw Hill (1995)

Luckiesh, M., Applications of Germicidal, Erythemal and Infrared Energy, Van Nostrand (1946).

Malacara H., Z. & A. Morales R., Light Sources, Chapter 5 In Geometrical and Instrumental Optics, Academic (1988).

Moon, P., The Scientific Basis of Illuminating Engineering, Dover (1961).

Murdoch, J.B., Illumination Engineering: From Edison’s Lamp to the Laser, Macmillan (1985)

RCA Electro-Optics Handbook, RCA, Lancaster PA (1974). Now available from Burle.

Rea, M., ed., Lighting Handbook: Reference and Application, 8th edition, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (1993).

Richmond, J.C. & F.E. Nicodemus, Blackbodies, Blackbody Radiation, and Temperature Scales, NBS Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements, Part 1, Chapter 12, GPO (1985).

Silfvast, W.T., "Lasers", Chap. 11 in Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1, Part 4. Optical Sources, McGraw Hill (1995)

Suits, G.H., “Natural Sources,” Chapter 3 in The Infrared Handbook, ERIM, Ann Arbor, MI (1982). Distributed By S.P.I.E.

Weissman, R.H., "Light Emitting Diodes", Chap. 12 in Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1, Part 4. Optical Sources, McGraw Hill (1995)

Zissis, G.J. & A.J. Larocca, “Optical Radiators and Sources,” in Handbook Of Optics Chapter. 3 , McGraw-Hill (1978).

DETECTORS

Ambroziak, A., Semiconductor Photoelectric Devices, Gordon & Breach (1969).

Barbe, D.F., ed.. Charge-coupled Devices, Springer-Verlag (1980).

Beynon, J.D.E. & D.R. Lamb, Charge-coupled Devices and their Applications, McGraw-Hill (1980).

Biberman, L. & S. Nudelman, Photoelectronic Imaging Devices, Plenum (1970). Two volumes.

Boynton, R.M. Human Color Vision, Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1979).

Budde, W., Optical Radiation Measurements IV Physical Detectors of Optical Radiation”, Academic (1983). The best practical book on detectors and their characterization, slanted a bit towards the visible spectrum.

Chappell, A., Optoelectronics: Theory and Practice,” McGraw-Hill (1978).

Csorba, I.P., Image Tubes, Howard W. Sams (1985).

Dennis, P.N.J., Photodetectors, Plenum (1986).

Dereniak, E.L. & G. Boreman, Infrared Detectors and Systems, Wiley (1996).

Dereniak, E.L. & D. Crowe, Optical Radiation Detectors, Wiley (1984). Good general book, slanted towards the infrared.

Donati, S., Photodetectors: Devices, Circuits and Applications, Prentice Hall (2000). A new entry; concise, accurate, highly recommended.

Eccles, M.J., M.E. Sim & K.P. Tritton, Low Light Level Detectors in Astronomy, Cambridge (1983).

Engstrom, R.W., RCA Photomultiplier Handbook, RCA (1980). Available from Burle.

Hudson, R.D. and J.W. Hudson, eds., Infrared Detectors, Hutchinson and Ross (1975). A collection of the more important papers to date.

Keyes, R.J., ed., Optical and Infrared Detectors, Springer-Verlag (1980)

McLean, I.S., Electronic Imaging in Astronomy, Wiley (1997).

Photomultiplier Tube: Principle to Application, Hamamatsu Photonics (1994).

Photomultiplier Tubes: Principles and Applications, Philips Photonics (1994).

Rieke, G.H., Detection of Light from the Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter, Cambridge (1994)

Smith, R.A., F.E. Jones & R.P. Chasmar, The Detection and Measurement of Infra-red Radiation, Oxford (1957).

Sommer, A.H., Photoemissive Materials, Wiley (1968). Reprinted by Krieger (1980).

Vincent, J.D., Fundamentals of Infrared Detector Operation and Testing, Wiley (1990). Separate chapters on cryogenics, vacuum systems and detector electronics. Answers many of those nagging questions. Highly recommended.

Young, A.T., “Photomultipliers, their causes and cures,” Chapter 1 in Methods of Experimental Physics: Astrophysics, N. Carleton ed, Vol. 12, Academic (1974).

The major handbooks offer one or more chapters dealing with optical radiation detectors. These include the following:

Accetta, J.S. & D.L. Shumaker, eds, Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems Handbook, SPIE (1993). See Vol. 3, Chapter 4.

Bass, M., ed. Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1, McGraw-Hill (1995). Parts 5, 6 and 7 contains chapters 15 thru 25, all pertinent to detectors and detection.

Driscoll, W.G. & W. Vaughn, Handbook of Optics, McGraw-Hill (1978) Chap 4.

Wolfe, W.L., ed. “Handbook of Military Infrared Technology,” ONR, Washington (1965). Chapters 11 & 12.

Wolfe, W.L. & Zissis, G., eds., “The Infrared Handbook,” ERIM and SPIE (1978) Chapters 11-16.

Several books in the series “Semiconductors and Semimetals,” ed. R.K. Willardson & A.C. Beer, are relevant. Vols. 5 and 12 both treat infrared detectors, and Vol. 11 deals exclusively with solar cells. Vol. 47 deals with “Uncooled Infrared Imaging Array Systems.”

Similarly, the series “Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics” is rich in pertinent articles. Numerous volumes deal with imaging detector conference proceedings, while other have significant feature articles. Most notable are volumes 34 and 55.

Another rich source for detector information, and probably the best for assessment of the current state-of-art, are the Proceedings of the various conferences of the SPIE - The International Optical Engineering Society. They have several major conventions per year, each having one or more conferences on detectors. Compilations of the best proceedings papers along with seminal papers are often gathered in their “Milestones” series.

Several detector manufacturers publish manuals, collections of applications notes, etc. Particularly attractive are the photomultiplier tube books by Burle (formerly RCA), Hamamatsu, and Philips, and the CCD books by EG&G Reticon and Fairchild. Data books by Dalsa, EG&G Vactec, Texas Instruments, Thompson CSF, etc. are also quite helpful.

NOISE, ELECTRONICS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

Bell, D.A., Noise and the Solid State, Wiley (985).

Davies, E.R., Electronics, Noise and Signal Recovery, Academic (1983).

Fish, P.J., Electronic Noise and Low Noise Design, McGraw-Hill (1994).

Frederiksen, T.M., Intuitive IC Op Amps, National Semiconductor (1984).

Graeme, J.G., Photodiode Amplifiers: Op-Amp Solutions, McGraw-Hill (1996).

Gupta, M.S., ed., Electrical Noise: Fundamentals and Sources, IEEE (1977).

Horowitz, P. & W. Hill, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge (1989). The best single book available for the broad field of electronics. My personal favorite!

Jung, W.G., IC Op-amp Cookbook, Howard Sams (1980). More tutorial than Stout, with fewer useful circuits.

Motchenbacher, C.D. and J.A. Connelly, Low-Noise Electronic System Design, Wiley (1993).

Ott, H.W., Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems, 2nd ed., Wiley (1988)

Pease, R.A., Troubleshooting Analog Circuits, Butterworth-Heinemann (1991).

Stout, D.F. & M. Kaufman, Handbook of Operational Amplifier Circuit Design, McGraw-Hill (1976). Excellent single-purpose reference book.

Van der Ziel, A., Noise in Measurements, Wiley (1976).

Vergers, C.A., Handbook of Electrical Noise: Measurement and Technology, TAB (1979)

Williams, J., Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities, Butterworth-Heinemann (1991).

Williams, J., The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design, Butterworth-Heinemann (1995).

Wilmshurst, T.H., Signal Recovery, Adam Hilger (1990).

Yariv, A., Optical Electronics in Modern Communications, Oxford (1997). Chapter 10 treats noise in optical detection and generation.

RADIOMETRIC INSTRUMENTS

Begunov, B.N., N.P.Zakaznov, S.I. Kiryushinand V.I. Kuzichev, Optical Instrumentation: Theory and Design, MIR (1988).

Hudson, R.D., Infrared System Engineering, Wiley (1969). Dated but still valuable.

James, J.F. and R.S. Sternberg, Design of Optical Spectrometers, Chapman & Hall (1969).

Kingslake, R., Optical System Design, Academic (1983).

Seyrafi, K., ed., Engineering Design Handbook on Infrared Military Systems, United States Army Materiel Command, Pamphlet AMCP 706-127 (1971). Similar to Hudson but in MIL-format. Later modified and self- published as Electro-Optical Systems Analysis, Electro-Optical Research Co, Los Angeles (1985).

Smith, W.J., Modern Optical Engineering, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill (1991).

Wolfe, W.L., Introduction to Infrared System Design, SPIE TT24, SPIE (1996).

Wolfe, W.L., Introduction to Imaging Spectrometers, SPIE TT25, SPIE (1997).

Wolfe, W.L., Infrared Design Examples, SPIE TT36, SPIE (1999).

Wyatt, C.L., Radiometric Systems Design, Macmillan (1987). More for the designer than the calibrator, but very useful. Later available as Electro-Optical System Design for Information Processing, McGraw-Hill (1990). More for the system designer, but very useful.

RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS

ERRORS

Baird, D.C., Experimentation: An Introduction to Measurement Theory and Experiment Design, Prentice-Hall (1962)

Beers, Y., Introduction to the Theory of Error, Addison-Wesley (1957).

Bevington, P.R., & D.K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill (1992).

Calibration: Philosophy in Practice, 2nd ed. Fluke Corporation(1994). Available directly from them.

Holman, J.P., Experimental Methods for Engineers, McGraw-Hill (1978)

Mandel, J., The Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data, Dover (1984).

Meyer, S.L., Data Analysis for Scientists and Engineers, Wiley (1975).

Rabinovich, S., Measurement Errors: Theory and Practice, AIP Press (1995).

Taylor, B.N. & C.E. Kuyatt, Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results, NIST Technical Note 1297 (1994). Available on the WWW.

Taylor, J.R., An Introduction to Error Analysis, 2nd ed., University Science (1997).

Young, H.D., Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data, McGraw-Hill (1962).

MEASUREMENT OF RADIOMETRIC QUANTITIES

Bauer, G., Measurement of Optical Radiations, Focal Press (1965).

Forsythe, W.E., ed., Measurement of Radiant Energy, McGraw-Hill (1937).

Kostkowski, H.J., Reliable Spectroradiometry, Spectroradiometry Consulting, P.O. 2747, La Plata MD 20646. Self-published lessons learned over some 40 years. Authoritative!

Malacara, D., Physical Optics and Light Measurements, Academic (1988). Chap. 6.

PHOTOMETRY

Barrows, W.E., Light, Photometry and Illuminating Engineering, McGraw-Hill (1951)

Bouguer, P., Essai d’optique sur la gradation de la lumiere, Paris (1729). It all started here! Translated into English by W.E.K. Middleton, The Gradation of Light, Toronto (1961)

DeCusatis, C., Handbook of Applied Photometry, AIP Press (1997). Authoritative, with pertinent chapters written by technical experts at BIPM, CIE and NIST. Primarily for visible radiation, mostly excellent. Skip chapter 4!

Keitz, H.A.E., Light Calculations and Measurements, MacMillan (1971).

Lambert, J.H., Photometrie, Augsberg (1760). A translation by David DiLaura became available from IESNA in 2001.

Stimson, A., Photometry and Radiometry for Engineers, Wiley (1974).,

Walsh, J.W.T., Photometry, 3rd. ed. Constable (1958). reprinted by Dover (1965). The standard reference since 1924.

ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT

I choose not to include these in photometry to avoid confusion with the strict definition of the word, the measurement of light.

Henden, A.A. & R.H. Kaitchuk, Astronomical Photometry, Van Nostrand Reinhold (1982).

Hopkins, J.L. Zen and the Art of Photoelectric Photometry, HPO Desktop Publishing (1990).

COLORIMETRY and APPEARANCE

Berger-Schunn, A., Practical Color Measurement, Wiley (1994)

Billmeyer, F.W. and M. Salzman, Principles of Color Technology, Wiley-Interscience (1981).

Chamberlain, G.J. & D.G. Chamberlain, Colour: Its Measurement, Computation and Application, Heyden (1980).

Committee on Colorimetry, The Science of Color, Optical Society of America, Crowell (1953). A second edition is due any day now!

Evans, R.M., An Introduction to Color, Wiley (1948).

Fortner, B & T.E. Meyer, Number by Colors, Springer (1997)

Grum, F.C. and C.J. Bartelson, Optical Radiation Measurements II. Colorimetry, Academic (1981).

Hardy, A.C., Handbook of Colorimetry, MIT Press (1936).

Hunter, R. S., The Measurement of Appearance, Wiley (1987).

Kortüm, G., Kolorimetrie, Photometrie und Spektrometrie, Springer-Verlag (1962).

Judd, D.B. and G. Wysczecki, Color in Business, Science and Industry, Wiley (1975).

Wright, W.D., The Measurement of Colour, Macmillan (1969).

Wysczecki, G. and W.S. Stiles, Color Science, 2nd. ed. Wiley (1982). This classic has been reprinted in a low-cost paperback format. A must!

RADIOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Blau, H.H. and H. Fischer, Radiative Transfer from Solid Materials, Macmillan (1962).

Burgess, C. and K. D. Mielenz, Advances in Standards and Methodology in Spectrophotometry, Elsevier (1987).

Clauss, F.J., Material Effects in Spacecraft Thermal Control, Wiley (1960).

Hapke, B., Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy, Cambridge (1993).

Katzoff, S., ed. Symposium on Thermal Radiation of Solids, NASA SP-55 (1965).

Kyle, T.G., Atmospheric Transmission, Emission and Scattering, Pergamon (1991).

Lavin, E.P., Specular Reflection, Elsevier (1971).

Mavrodinuenu, R., J.I. Schultz and O. Menis, Accuracy in Spectrophotometry and Luminescence Measurements, NBS Special Publication 378 (1973).

Mielenz, K.D., ed. , Optical Radiation Measurements III. Measurement of Photoluminescence, Academic (1982).

Richmond, J.C., ed. Measurement of Thermal Radiation Properties of Solids, NASA SP-31 (1963).

Schenk, G.H., Absorption of Light and Ultraviolet Radiation: Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Emission, Allyn & Bacon (1973).

Stover, J.C., Optical Scattering: Measurement and Analysis, SPIE (1995).

SPECTROSCOPY

Barnes, R.B., R.C. Gore, U. Liddel & V.Z. Williams, Infrared Spectroscopy: Industrial Applications and Bibliography, Reinhold (1944).

Brode, W.R., Chemical Spectroscopy, Wiley (1943)

Edisbury, J.R., Practical Hints on Absorption Spectrometry, Plenum (1967).

Kortüm, G., Reflectance Spectroscopy, Springer-Verlag (1969).

Lothian, G.F., Absorption Spectrophotometry, Hilger & Watts (1958).

Meehan, E.J., Optical Methods of Analysis, Interscience (1964).

Stearns, E.I., The Practice of Absorption Spectrophotometry, Wiley (1969).

Wendlandt, W.W. & H.G. Hecht, Reflectance Spectroscopy, Interscience (1966).

Workman, J. and A, Springsteen, Applied Spectroscopy: A Compact Reference for Practitioners, Academic (1998).

LASER POWER & ENERGY

Heard, H.G., Laser Parameter Measurements Handbook, Wiley (1968).

TEMPERATURE

DeWitt, D.P. and G.D. Nutter, Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry, Wiley (1988).

Kaplan, H., Practical Applications of Infrared Thermal Sensing andf Imaging Equipment, SPIE TT34, SPIE (1999).

Lloyd, J.M., Thermal Imaging Systems, Plenum (1975).

Quinn, T., Temperature, 2nd ed., Academic (1990).

Richmond, J.C. and D.P. Dewitt, eds., Applications of Radiation Thermometry, ASTM (1985).

Wood, W.P. and J.M. Cork, Pyrometry, McGraw-Hill (1941).

RADIOMETRIC STANDARDS AND CALIBRATION

Hengtsberger, F., Absolute Radiometry, Academic (1989). Broad coverage with emphasis on room-temperature electrically-calibrated thermal radiometers.

Wyatt, C.L., Radiometric Calibration: Theory and Methods, Academic (1978). Good, fairly thorough treatment, somewhat slanted towards the authors specialty, which is far-infrared cryogenic radiometry.

COMPILATIONS

Drummond, A.J., ed., Precision Radiometry, Vol. 14, Advances in Geophysics, Academic (1970).

Spiro, I.J., ed., Selected Papers on Radiometry, SPIE Milestone MS14, SPIE (1990).

Hammond III, H.K. and H.L. Mason, Selected NBS Papers on Radiometry and Photometry, in Precision Measurement and Calibration, NBS Special Publication 300, Vol. 7 (1971).

Johnson, R.B. and W.L. Wolfe, Selected Papers on Infrared Design, 2 vols. SPIE (1985).

Nimeroff, I., Selected NBS Papers on Colorimetry, in Precision Measurement and Calibration, NBS Special Publication 300, Vol. 9 (1972).

OPTICS, GENERAL

Coming!

OPTICAL DESIGN

Fischer, R.E. & B. Tadic-Galeb, Optical System Design, McGraw-Hill (2000).

Mouroulis, P. & J. Macdonald, Geometrical Optics and Optical Design, Oxford (1997)

Kingslake, R. Optical System Design, Academic (1983)

MISCELLANEOUS

Hobbs, P.C.D., Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work, Wiley (2000). Except for his flippant and indefensible attitude towards radiometry and those who practice the art, this recent publication is a pretty good book.

Poynton, C.A., A Technical Introduction to Digital Video, Wiley (1996)

TECHNICAL ORGANIZATIONS IN RADIOMETRY & PHOTOMETRY

ASTM

The American Society for Testing and Materials maintains an extensive collection of protocol or documentary standards, including practices, specifications, guides, procedures, and test methods for a large range of materials and instrumentation for their characterization. These are published annually in a 30 volume set, of which one volume is the index alone! Special collections in specific areas are also published. In particular, ASTM Standards on Color and Appearance Measurement, ASTM (1996) is relevant.

CIE

The Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) has numerous Technical Committee Reports that are relevant. Write to Thomas Lemons, TLA- Lighting Consultants Inc., 7 Pond St., Salem, MA 01970 or call (508) 745-6870, FAX (508) 741-4420 for a listing of current publications and pricing. Check into their web page for more information. Some pertinent reports, primarily from Division 2, are:

13.3 Method of measuring and specifying colour rendering of light sources New edition (1995)

15.2 Colorimetry, 2nd ed. (1986).

17.4 International lighting vocabulary, 4th ed. (Joint publication IEC/CIE) (1987)

18.2 The basis of physical photometry, 2nd ed. (1983)

38 Radiometric and photometric characteristics of materials and their measurement (1977)

41 Light as a true visual quantity: Principles of measurement (1978)

44 Absolute methods for reflection measurements (1979)

46 A review of publications on properties and reflection values of material reflection standards (1979)

53 Methods of characterizing the performance of radiometers and photometers (1982)

54 Retroreflection: Definition and measurement (1982)

59 Polarization: Definitions and nomenclature, instrument polarization (1984)

63 The spectroradiometric measurement of light sources (1984)

64 Determination of the spectral responsivity of optical radiation detectors (1984)

65 Electrically calibrated thermal detectors of optical radiation (absolute radiometers) (1985)

69 Methods of characterizing illuminance meters and luminance meters: Performance, characteristics and specifications (1987)

70 The measurement of absolute luminous intensity distributions (1987)

75 Spectral luminous efficiency functions based upon brightness matching for monochromatic point sources, 20 and 100 fields (1988)

76 Intercomparison on measurement of (total) spectral radiance factor of luminescent specimens (1988)

78 Brightness-luminance relations: Classified bibliography (1988)

81 Mesopic photometry: History, special problems and practical solutions (1989)

84 Measurement of luminous flux (1989)

85 Solar spectral irradiance (1989)

86 CIE 1988 2 spectral luminous efficiency function for photopic vision (1990)

87 Colorimetry of self-luminous displays - A bibliography (1990)

96 Electric light sources - State of the art - 1991 (1992)

105 Spectroradiometry of pulsed optical radiation sources (1993)

114 CIE Collection in Photometry and Radiometry (1994)

CORM

The Council for Optical Radiation Measurements (CORM) was founded over twenty years ago to promote optical radiation measurement science and engineering and foster cooperation among the many government agencies, industrial firms and universities, and to formulate and transmit national needs to NIST. They meet annually in May and publish Optical Radiation News Optical bi-annually. Contact: CORM Treasurer, 1043 Grand Ave. #312, St. Paul, MN 55105. (www.corm.org)

NEWRAD

The NEWRAD conference series is an outgrowth of a meeting organized by Peter Foukal and held in Cambridge MA in 1985. The proceedings of the first meeting were a private publication. The second meeting took place at NPL in London in 1988, and the proceedings were published as New Developments and Applications in Radiometry, N. Fox and D. Nettleton, eds, by IOP Publishing, London (1989). The proceedings of the next four meetings, held in Davos (1990), Baltimore (1992), Berlin (1995) and Tucson (1997). The proceedings of these meetings were published as special issues of Metrologia (Elsevier), Volumes 28(3), 30(4), 32(6) and 35(4), respectively. The seventh conference was held October 25-27, 1999 in Madrid. Check out http://newrad.metrologia.csic.es.

NIST

The U.S. National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST, formerly National Bureau of Standards, NBS) has a number of valuable special publications that describe their calibration services and procedures. Appropriate ones include the following. They may be purchased from NTIS.

NBS Measurement Services: Spectral Radiance Calibrations, J. H. Walker, R. D. Saunders, and A. T. Hattenburg, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-1 (1987).

NBS Measurement Services: Far Ultraviolet Detector Standards, L. R. Canfield and N. Swanson, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-2 (1987).

NBS Measurement Services: Radiometric Standards in the Vacuum Ultraviolet, J. Z. Klose, J. M. Bridges, and W. R. Ott, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-3 (1987).

NBS Measurement Services: Regular Spectral Transmittance, K. L. Eckerle, J. J. Hsia, K. D. Mielenz, and V. R. Weidner, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-6 (1987).

NIST Measurement Services: Spectral Reflectance, P. Y. Barnes, E. A. Early, and A. C. Parr, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 250-8 (1987, revised 1997).

NIST Measurement Services: Photometric Calibrations, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 250-15 (19??). Obsolete, replaced with SP250-37

The NBS Photodetector Spectral Response Calibration Transfer Program, E.F. Zalewski, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-17, 45 (1988).

NBS Measurement Services: Spectral Irradiance Calibrations, J. H. Walker, R. D. Saunders, J. K. Jackson, and D. A. McSparron, Natl. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-20 (1987).

NIST Measurement Services: Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Parts I and II -- Ultraviolet and Visible to Near Infrared Detectors, T. C. Larason, S. S. Bruce, and A. C. Parr, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-41, (1998).

NIST Measurement Services: Photometric Calibrations, Y. Ohno, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 250-37 (1997).

NIST Measurement Services: Spectroradiometric Detector Measurements: Part III -- Infrared Detectors, A. L. Migdall and G. Eppeldauer, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 250-42, (1998).

NIST Measurement Services: Radiance Temperature Calibrations, Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 250-43 (1997).

SPIE

Proceedings of the S.P.I.E. are published unrefereed papers as presented at conferences of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Several conferences and resulting proceedings have been devoted to radiometry and photometry. They are:

196 Measurements of Optical Radiations (1979)

499 Optical Radiation Measurements I (1984)

888 Laser Beam Radiometry (1988)

1109 Optical Radiation Measurements II (1989)

2161 Photometry (1993)

2815 Optical Radiation Measurements III (1996)

OPEN LITERATURE

Numerous archival and trade journals also offer significant papers on radiometry and detection of optical radiation. They include:

Applied Optics (OSA)

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Infrared Physics and Technology (Elsevier)

Journal of the Optical Society of America A (OSA)

Journal of Scientific Instruments

Laser Focus World (free)

Lightwave Technology (IEEE)

Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Photonics Spectra (free)

Review of Scientific Instruments

PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

All you ever wanted to know about the SI is contained at BIPM and at NIST. Available publications (highly recommended) include:

“The International System of Units (SI)” 7th edition (1998), direct from BIPM. The official document is in French; this is the English translation). Available in PDF format.

NIST Special Publication SP330 “The International System of Units (SI)” The US edition of the above BIPM publication. Available in PDF format.

NIST Special Publication SP811 “Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)” Available in PDF format.

Papers published in NIST Journal of Research since 1995 are also available on the web in PDF format.

USEFUL WEB SITES

AIP American Institute of Physics - www.aip.org

ANSI American Nat'l Standards Institute - www.ansi.org/

ASTM - www.astm.org

BIPM International Bureau of Weights and Measures - www.bipm.fr/

CIE International Commission on Illumination - www.cie.co.at/cie/

Color Vision Research Laboratories - www.cvrl.org/

IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - www.iesna.org/

ISO International Standards Organization - www.iso.ch/

IUPAP International Union of Pure and Applied Physics - www.physics.umanitoba.ca/iupap/

NIST Nat'l Inst. of Standards and Technology - physics.nist.gov/

OSA Optical Society of America - www.osa.org

SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering - www.spie.org

Look for my new tome, tentatively entitled The Art of Radiometry, hopefully to be published in a few years by SPIE Press. A tentative table of contents can be found by starting at http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Palmer/.

Version 1.00: 21 August 1999

Last update: 15 October 2001

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