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Design, calibration, and application of a cryogenic low-background infrared radiometer for spectral irradiance and radiance measurements from 4 μm to 20 μm wavelength
- Source :
- Opt Eng
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We have constructed, calibrated, and tested a cryogenic low-background infrared radiometer for both spectral radiance and irradiance measurements over the 4 μm to 20 μm wavelength range. The primary purpose of the Missile Defense Transfer Radiometer (MDXR) is to measure absolute irradiance or radiance from cryogenic infrared test chamber sources using a photoconductive Si:As Blocked Impurity Band (BIB) detector and a set of spectral filters. The MDXR also includes an absolute cryogenic radiometer (ACR) and a Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS). For irradiance measurements, the ACR is used to provide the primary power scale for the BIB detector in conjunction with spectral filters, while the FTS/BIB configuration derives its scale from an internal blackbody source. The two measurement scales show agreement for the irradiance of highly collimated (< 1 mrad) infrared beams from 10(−13) W/μm/cm(2) to 10(−8) W/μm/cm(2) within the combined relative uncertainties of 2.6 % (coverage factor k = 1.) We have also calibrated the radiometer for radiance measurements by using a large cavity fluid bath blackbody that overfills the spatial and angular extent of the radiometer entrance pupil. The radiometric calibration uncertainty analysis of the radiometer as well as its maintenance and stability are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Radiometer
Materials science
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
business.industry
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
General Engineering
Irradiance
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Article
Optics
Black body
Radiance
Calibration
Radiometry
Black-body radiation
business
Radiometric calibration
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Opt Eng
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f133d0bc9919a6d76e15ca1b7f49345d