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Light Emission and Photometry

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Handbook of Visual Display Technology

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Abstract

Displays, obviously, are intended to be seen. It is therefore important to characterize their optical performance using measurements that relate to their ability to stimulate a human visual response – so-called photometric measurements. In this chapter, we explore the various measures that are used in photometry, which provide an internationally agreed measurement framework for quantifying the visual effectiveness of displays (and all other sources of optical radiation).

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Abbreviations

CIE:

Commission International de l’Éclairage

SI:

Système International d’Unités, the International System of Units

References

  1. Commission International de l’Éclairage (2004) ISO 23539:2005(E)/CIE S 010/E:2004 joint ISO/CIE standard: photometry - the CIE system of physical photometry. Commission International de l’Éclairage, Vienna. www.cie.co.at/

  2. Organisation Intergouvernementale de la Convention du Mètre (2006) The international system of units (SI), 8th edn. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, Paris. ISBN 92-822-2213-6. www.bipm.org

  3. Commission International de l’Éclairage (2010) CIE 191:2010 recommended system for mesopic photometry based on visual performance. Commission International de l’Éclairage, Vienna. www.cie.co.at/

  4. Commission International de l’Éclairage (1989) CIE 81:1989 mesopic photometry: history, special problems and practical solutions. Commission International de l’Éclairage, Vienna. www.cie.co.at/

  5. Commission International de l’Éclairage (2009) CIE DS 017.2/E:2009 ILV: international lighting vocabulary. Commission International de l’Éclairage, Vienna. www.cie.co.at/

Further Reading

  • Commission International de l’Éclairage (1983) CIE 18.2-1983: the basis of physical photometry. Commission International de l’Éclairage, Vienna. www.cie.co.at/

  • DeCusatis C (1998) Handbook of applied photometry. Springer, New York

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  • Grum F, Becherer RJ (1979) Optical radiation measurements volume 1: radiometry. Academic, New York

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  • McCluney R (1994) Introduction to radiometry and photometry. Artech House, Boston

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the National Measurement Office of the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

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  1. National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK

    Teresa Goodman

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Goodman, T. (2012). Light Emission and Photometry. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_19

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