Credit: Crissy Robinson

The NIST Spectroradiometry Short Course is a 4-day course held at NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland. It consists of 15 lectures given by NIST scientists and 3 hands-on laboratory experiences. Topics covered include the concepts behind radiometry, the performance and selection criteria for sources and detectors, the determination of uncertainties, the traceability of NIST’s calibrations, and the cutting-edge uses of hyperspectral imaging. In the laboratory classes, attendees calibrate an array spectroradiometer, find the spectral power responsivity of a filter radiometer, and transfer spectral irradiance to radiance using a plaque. Participants also have the opportunity to discuss their own calibrations with NIST calibration experts and to tour NIST facilities.

1. Basics of Radiometry
2. Source-based Radiometry: Blackbodies, lamps, and sphere sources
3. Detector-based Radiometry: Spectral Responsivity
4. Measurement Equation: Filter radiometers and optics
5. Dispersive Spectroradiometry
6. Properties of Detectors
7. Array spectrometers
8. Determining Measurement Uncertainties Part I
9. UV Spectroradiometry
10. Photocurrent measurements
11. Hyperspectral Imaging Part I: Fundamentals
12. Properties of LED sources
13. Properties of Materials: BRDF and Reflectance
14. Hyperspectral Imaging Part II: Applications
15. Determining Measurement Uncertainties Part II