FHWS Building 5, Ignaz-Schön-Straße 11, 97421 Schweinfurt

Light and radiation measurement technology - Prüfungsnummer 9958403

Contents of the lecture:

1. Introduction 

  • Radiation quantities, wavelength ranges, applications,
  • metrology, traceability, thermal / non-thermal radiation sources
  • radiation sources, Planck's radiation law,

2. Reference light and radiation sources 

  • Calculable primary radiation sources
    • Cavity radiator
    • Synchrotron radiation source
  • Standard light sources: Tungsten ribbon lamps, spectral lamps
  • LED, laser

3. Light and radiation sensors 

  • Basics: photon detectors, thermal receivers
  • Primary receivers: cryoradiometers, trap receivers
  • The human eye, V(λ) adaptation
  • Characterization of light and radiation sensors 
    • Properties of radiation sensors: linearity, spectral sensitivity
    • sensitivity, homogeneity, ageing, geometry

4. Receiver system and applications 

  • Illuminance/irradiance measurement
  • Luminous flux/radiant power measurement
  • Luminous intensity/irradiance measurement
  • Luminance/radiance measurement
  • Radiation thermometer
    • Imaging methods, thermographic camera
    • Spatially resolved measurements
    • Measurement of photometric material parameters

5. Excursion to the Center for Applied Energy Research e.V. in Würzburg

 

Dozent/in: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hartmann (FANG)
Stand: 05.03.2026, 16:22