Well characterised sources of thermal radiation are essential for photometry, radiometry, and
thermometry. They serve as reference radiators for the calibration of detectors and radiance …

Highly photostable and strongly luminescent europium (III) β-diketonate complexes are
presented that can act as new probes for optical sensing of temperature. They can be …

The majority of the processes used by the manufacturing industry depend upon the accurate
measurement and control of temperature. Thermal metrology is also a key factor affecting …

A new experimental facility was realized at the PTB for reduced-background radiation
thermometry under vacuum. This facility serves three purposes:(i) providing traceable …

The instrumentation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) for the
measurement of the directional spectral emissivity in air in the temperature range from 80 C …

Experiments and subsequent analysis were conducted to gain insight into combustion
phenomena of raw and torrefied biomass chars, and to describe the char combustion phase …

Radiometry based on black bodies remains one of the fundamental fields of radiometry.
Black bodies are widely used as standard sources in radiometry of noncoherent optical …

A novel sapphire fiber-optic high-temperature sensor has been designed and fabricated
based on blackbody radiation theory. Metallic molybdenum has been used as the film …

The Gimballed Limb Observer for Radiance Imaging of the Atmosphere (GLORIA) is a
prototype of an imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) for PREMIER, a former …

A new directional polarized spectral emissivity measurement apparatus with the wavelength
range of 4–20 μm was established to promote the development of thermal radiation transfer …