Development of improved electrical-substitution radiometers at the National Research Council of Canada

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3607-3613

  Gibb, K ^a,b   Decker, J E ^a,b   Boivin, L P ^a,b   Das, S R ^a,c   Buchanan, M A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Institute for National Measurements Standards   (Canada)

^c Inst Microstructural Sci Natl R   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute radiometer; Detector calibration; Electrical substitution radiometer; Photolithography; Radiometric standard; Seebeck coefficient; Spectral responsivity; Thermocouple; Thermopile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346108819     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003607     Document Type: Article

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