Module 4: Sources and Detectors

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Objective:

Students will become familiar with radiometric and photometric quantities and units.  They will study properties of thermal sources and of thermal and quantum detectors.  Students are expected to study the material presented in the textbook and the Web material.

Web Material:

bulletSources
bulletRadiometry and Photometry  (Feb 18)
bulletThermal Sources  (Feb 18)

Additional Material:  Chartier, chapter 1.7,  Moeller, chapter 7.1, 7.2

 
bulletDetectors  (Feb 18)

Module 4:  Main points