MS12Fundamentals of photometry for lighting
Level: Basic
Audience:
Senior technicians or engineers wishing to initiate themselves to photometry for lighting
Prerequisites:
Basic trigonometry and geometrical optics notions, basic knowledge on statistics (average, standard deviation etc.)
Language of the training: English
Maximum capacity: 5
Price: 1720 € HT -
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Being able to describe and analyse the photometry of optical lighting system
Being able to master photometric measurement equipment
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Addressed topics
Photometry
- Photometric quantities
- Non imaging optics (Radio-photometry and colorimetry)
- Existing systems (condenser, prism, reflector, waveguide etc)
- Photometric performances of an optical system
- Principles of colorimetry to study an optical system and predict its performances
Optical table and photometric measurements
- Photometric measurement instruments
- Detectors (thermal, photonics), photodiode, spectrometer, spectro-colorimeter, integrating sphere, illuminance and luminance measurement equipments
- Measurement techniques
- Photometric measurement techniques (flux, illuminance, luminance etc)
- Performance and limitations of a photometric measurement
- Precision, accuracy and reliability of a measurement
- Comparison of theoretical and experimental results
Principles of ocular safety
The program
Basics of photometry
- Photometric quantities (flux, illuminance, intensity, luminance) and their relations
- Non-imaging systems radio-photometry (Description of existing systems, Photometric performances)
Basics of colorimetry
- Definition of basic relations
- Colorimetric performances
Implementation of colorimetric and photometric measurement technics
- Measurement tools description
- Measurement limitations (Precision, accuracy, reliability)
- Ocular and lab safety
Lab work
- Visual luminance and intensity measurement
- Calibration of a visual photodetector, accuracy and precision
- Pupil and extended pupil
- Using luminance and spectroluminance measurement tools
- Lighting lamps performances
- Characterization of a standard source and an integrating sphere
Methodology and assessment
Courses and tutorials
Lab work
Pedagogical manager(s):
- Julien Moreau - Professor at Institut d'Optique
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