A truly rigorous and quantitative approach to Black Body radiation is the fundamental starting point of experimental Radiometry in the region of Far Infrared and Millimeter waves (FIR). Absolute (i.e. calibrated) measurements of electromagnetic radiation are widely used in many areas of Physics, from Plasma Diagnostics in Nuclear Fusion, to Radio Astronomy and Atmospheric Physics. Along the years different Authors have used personalized constants and definitions, sometimes arbitrary, and the choices were often hidden into papers and analysis software, hence making impossible to compare properly the results, even within the same field of research. In Boyd's words [1]: © 2017 IEEE.
Absolute calibration in FIR radiometric measurements
Zerbini, M.
2017-01-01
Abstract
A truly rigorous and quantitative approach to Black Body radiation is the fundamental starting point of experimental Radiometry in the region of Far Infrared and Millimeter waves (FIR). Absolute (i.e. calibrated) measurements of electromagnetic radiation are widely used in many areas of Physics, from Plasma Diagnostics in Nuclear Fusion, to Radio Astronomy and Atmospheric Physics. Along the years different Authors have used personalized constants and definitions, sometimes arbitrary, and the choices were often hidden into papers and analysis software, hence making impossible to compare properly the results, even within the same field of research. In Boyd's words [1]: © 2017 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
