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17 July 2014 A laboratory module on radiometry, photometry and colorimetry for an undergraduate optics course
Robert D. Polak
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Proceedings Volume 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference; 92891F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070524
Event: 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 2013, Porto, Portugal
Abstract
The bachelor’s degree in Physics at Loyola University Chicago requires both an upper-division course in Optics as well as a companion Optics Laboratory course. Recently, the laboratory course has undergone dramatic changes. Traditional weekly laboratories have been replaced with three laboratory modules, where students focus on a single topic over several weeks after which the students submit a laboratory report written in the style of a journal article following American Institute of Physics style manual. With this method, students are able to gain a deeper understanding of the specific topic areas of radiometry, photometry and colorimetry, lens design and aberrations, and polarization and interference while using industry-standard equipment and simulation software. In particular, this work will provide the details of the laboratory module on radiometry, photometry and colorimetry where students use a photoradiometer and integrating sphere to characterize the optical properties of an LCD monitor, light bulb and a fiber optic light source calculating properties such as luminous flux, luminous intensity, luminance, CIE color coordinates, NTSC ratio, color temperature and luminous efficacy.
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Robert D. Polak "A laboratory module on radiometry, photometry and colorimetry for an undergraduate optics course", Proc. SPIE 9289, 12th Education and Training in Optics and Photonics Conference, 92891F (17 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2070524
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KEYWORDS
Light sources
LCDs
Integrating spheres
Light
Physics
Fiber optics
Colorimetry
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