Novel optical scanner using photodiodes array for two-dimensional measurement of light flux distribution

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2918-2925

  Chong, K K ^a   Yew, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Contour map; flux distribution; optical scanner; photodiode array; solar simulator

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MAP; FLUX DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL SCANNERS; PHOTODIODE ARRAY; SOLAR SIMULATOR;

LASER RECORDING; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTODIODES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SCANNING;

EID: 79960411336     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2118850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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