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  1. Low-cost, high-output, pulsable emitter targets IR applications

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    Wed, 1 Apr 2009

    launch of PIRELC, a high-output emitter that can be used as a low-cost, steady state or pulsed source of blackbody radiation for near-to-far infrared applications. The solid state emitter offers high output (4x10-2 watts/cm2 at

  2. High-output, pulsable emitter for IR applications

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    Wed, 1 Apr 2009

    launch of PIRELC, a high-output emitter that can be used as a low-cost, steady state or pulsed source of blackbody radiation for near-to-far infrared applications. The solid state emitter offers high output (4x10-2 watts/cm2

  1. New calculations on blackbody energy set the stage for more-accurate atomic clocks

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    Sat, 7 May 2011

    atom senses the temperature of its environment. Blackbody radiation (BBR) enlarges the size of the electron clouds ..... Safronova et al., "Precision Calculation of Blackbody Radiation Shifts for Metrology at the 18th Decimal Place

  2. TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 2010: Scientists and engineers: A vital alliance

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    Wed, 1 Dec 2010

    with light from a tunable carbon dioxide laser; light at 10.653 μm is absorbed by the TNT, causing a rise in blackbody radiation ; tuning to 10.591 μm shows a scene without absorption by TNT, allowing a difference to be taken and resulting

  3. LIGHTING: Tailored emissivity paves way for 400 lm/W incandescent lamps

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    Sun, 1 Aug 2010

    Technology (Tsukuba, Japan) have modified the blackbody radiation of an incandescent bulb, demonstrating the possibility ..... the failure of previous research to modify the blackbody radiation spectrum of an incandescent bulb (using expensive

  4. TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 2010: Scientists and engineers: A vital alliance

    Article

    Wed, 1 Dec 2010

    with light from a tunable carbon dioxide laser; light at 10.653 μm is absorbed by the TNT, causing a rise in blackbody radiation ; tuning to 10.591 μm shows a scene without absorption by TNT, allowing a difference to be taken and resulting

  5. LIGHTING: Tailored emissivity paves way for 400 lm/W incandescent lamps

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    Sun, 1 Aug 2010

    Technology (Tsukuba, Japan) have modified the blackbody radiation of an incandescent bulb, demonstrating the possibility ..... the failure of previous research to modify the blackbody radiation spectrum of an incandescent bulb (using expensive

  6. OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS: OPTICAL TOOLS - Trapping with light ...fantastic

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    Wed, 1 Aug 2007

    trap (MOT) and the first time room-temperature blackbody radiation played a role in keeping the atoms trapped ..... Perot cavity stabilized by a HeNe laser. The blackbody radiation served as a second repumping source. The atoms

  7. TERAHERTZ SPECTROMETRY: Time-domain spectrometers expand toward new horizons

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    Wed, 1 Nov 2006

    other far-IR spectroscopy techniques because of the inability to measure extremely hot objects with a strong blackbody radiation background.8 The two major considerations for optimizing a terahertz spectrometer are sensitivity and selectivity

  8. ASTRONOMY: Ambitious mid-IR telescope makes short list for Cosmic Vision

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    Sat, 1 Dec 2007

    Atmospheric absorption and the thermal glow of blackbody radiation block ground-based observations in most of the ..... keep the optics and IR detectors cold so their blackbody radiation didn’t overwhelm images of the IR sky. Gradual