3. Units
Three systems of units are used:
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two physical systems that can be used throughout the spectral range:
energy: the unit of light quantity is the joule ;
photonics: the unit of light quantity is dimensionless (a number of photons);
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a psychophysical system of luminous units, usable only in the visible range, whose fundamental unit is the candela, the intensity, in a given direction, of a source emitting monochromatic radiation of 1/683 watt per steradian at a frequency of 540 × 10 12 Hz (wavelength in vacuum very close to 555 nm).
Table 1 summarizes the quantities...
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Standardization
Association française de normalisation AFNOR
- Vocabulaire électronique. Chapitre 845 : Éclairage º [CEI 50 (845)]. - NF C 01-845 - 3-89
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Standard sources for radiometry: 18, 19, 20
Standard sources for photometry: 18, 19, 20
Detectors for radiometry: thermal: 5, 12, 13, 17
Detectors for radiometry: photoelectric: 2, 4, 6, 7, 27
Photometric detectors: 19
Radiometers (flux, irradiance):...
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