Optical Johnson noise thermometry
- Author:
- Simpson, M. L.
- Published:
- Jun 1, 1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Blalock, T. V.
Roberts, M. J.
Maxey, L. C.
Shepard, R. L. - Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- A concept is being explored that an optical analog of the electrical Johnson noise may be used to measure temperature independently of emissivity. The concept is that a laser beam may be modulated on reflection from a hot surface by interaction of the laser photons with the thermally agitated conduction electrons or the lattice phonons, thereby adding noise to the reflected laser beam. If the reflectance noise can be detected and quantified in a background of other noise in the optical and signal processing systems, the reflectance noise may provide a noncontact measurement of the absolute surface temperature and may be independent of the surface's emissivity.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19900008583.
Accession ID: 90N17899.
JPL, Proceedings of the Second Noncontact Temperature Measurement Workshop; p 42-49. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No Copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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