Bramson M.A. Infrared Radiation: A Handbook for Applications

Springer Science+Business Media, New York, 1968. — 629 p. — (Optical Physics and Engineering) — ISBN: 1475709137Optics is reborn. There is fresh new vitality in applying old techniques to new problems and fully exploring novel phenomena. Lasers, holography, stellar navigation, nonlinear phenomena, and remote sensing are subjects of the seventies, and their further development will increase our understanding of nature and the development of technology. This Series is devoted to providing ideas and data to nourish the growth of these scientific and engineering endeavors' for we feel strongly that science and engineering flourish best when they grow together. Some of the volumes in the Series will be devoted to the optical properties of materials, theories of the detailed mechanisms of absorption, reflection, and nonlinear phenomena, and electro-optical coefficients. The understanding of such things leads to further engineering applications. Companions to such theoretical books will be compendia of property data; the triad is completed by monographs on the use of the materials in op­ tical and electro-optical systems. Laser materials, lasers, and laser sys­ tems form one of the groups which will comprise the full set of ready-reference material for the entire field. The Series will be intentionally international, including a fair sampling of Russian work. There are important benefits to be obtained in the alternate approaches often taken by our Soviet and other foreign colleagues (just as they can gain from studying ours).
Contents Book IBasic Concepts and Definitions of Infrared Radiation Theory
Blackbody Radiat ion Laws
Application of the Planck Formula
Nonblackbody Radiation
Optical Methods of Temperature
Optical Methods of Temperature
Determination of Emissivity
Radiative Heat Exchange in a Nonabsorbing Medium
Theoretical Description of Blackbody
Special Infrared Sources
Contents Book II
Spectral Arguments
Powers of the Temperature; Maximum and Total Blackbody Emittance
The Planck Function in Generalized
The Planck Function: Relative and Absolute Radiant Emittance
Radiance Contrast of Small Temperature Inhomogeneities
The Planck Function in Dimensionless
Emissivity of Various Materials
Emissivity and Reflectance of Water
Atmospheric Transmission