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High Accuracy Dual Lens Transmittance Measurements

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Author(s)

J Cheung, James Gardner, Alan L. Migdall, Sergey Polyakov, Michael Ware

Abstract

We show how to determine the transmittance of short focal length lenses (f 19 mm, in this case) with an uncertainty of 1 part in 103 or better by measuring transmittances of lens pairs of a set of three or more lenses with the same nominal focal length. Uncertainties are minimized by optimizing the radiometric design of the setup and the measurement procedure. The technique is particularly useful in systems where detector acceptance angle limits the beam geometry to relatively collimated beams.
Citation
Applied Optics
Volume
46
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

metrology, optics, photon counting, radiometry, transmittance, uncertainty
Quantum information science, Optical physics and communications and Optical / photometry / laser metrology

Citation

Cheung, J. , Gardner, J. , Migdall, A. , Polyakov, S. and Ware, M. (2007), High Accuracy Dual Lens Transmittance Measurements, Applied Optics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841064 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created July 31, 2007, Updated October 12, 2021
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