NEWRAD 2005
9th International Conference on Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry
October 17 - 19, 2005
Updated : 10 November, 2005


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NEWRAD 2005 Scientific Program

 

      Day                      Chair                                                            Session

   Monday        Nigel Fox                                 1   Absolute Radiometry                                Posters

                        Erkki Ikonen/Jürgen Metzdorf  2   UV, Vis, and IR Radiometry                      Posters

                        Jürgen Metzdorf                      3   Photolithography and UV Processing       Posters

   Tuesday        Peter Foukal/Claus Fröhlich     4   Remote Sensing                                      Posters

                        Antonio Corrons                      5   Photometry and Colorimetry                     Posters

                        Christoph Wehrli                6   Novel Techniques                                    Posters

Wednesday     Tony Bittar                               7   International Comparisons                       Posters

                        Tony Bittar/Martin Huber          8   Radiometric and Photometric Sources      Posters

                        Gerhard Ulm                            9   Realisation of Scales                               Posters

 


Sunday, October 16, 2005

    17:30 -    Opening Reception in the foyer Aspen of the Conference Centre

                   Participant registration


Monday, October 17, 2005

      8:00      Participant registration

      8:45      Welcome                                 Werner Schmutz, PMOD/WRC

      8:55      Information                              Julian Gröbner, PMOD/WRC


Session 1   Chair – Nigel Fox                   Absolute Radiometry

      9:00      Claus Fröhlich, PMOD             1-1     Invited Talk, Absolute Accuracy of Total Solar Irradiance Measurements in Space

      9:30      Eric Usadi, NPL                       1-2     Reflecting Cavity Blackbodies for Radiometry

      9:50      Alejandro Ferrero, CSIC         1-3 Low-uncertainty absolute radiometric calibration of a CCD

    10:10      Jeanne Houston, NIST            1-4     NIST Reference Cryogenic Radiometer Designed for Versatile Performance

    10:30      Refreshment break / Poster installation

Session 2   Chair – Erkki Ikonen              UV, Vis, and IR Radiometry

    11:10      Mario Blumthaler, UIIMP          2-1     Invited Talk , QA/QC of Spectral Solar UV irradiance measurements

    11:40      Gerhard Ulm, PTB                   2-2     The Metrology Light Source – the new dedicated electron storage ring of PTB

    12:00      Jarle Gran, JV                         2-3     Fractional self-calibration of silicon photodiodes

    12:20      Lunch Break / Poster Session 1,2,3

Session 2   Chair – Erkki Ikonen              UV, Vis, and IR Radiometry

    14:30      Peter Meindl, PTB                   2-4     The UV Spectral Responsivity Scale of the PTB

    14:50      Ping-shine Shaw, NIST           2-5     A method of characterizing narrow-band filtered radiometers using synchrotron radiation

    15:10      Terubumi Saito, AIST              2-6     Characterization of Photoconductive Diamond Detectors as a Candidate of FUV/VUV Transfer Standard Detectors

    15:30      Laurent Vuilleumier, SMA        2-7     Operational mode uncertainty for broadband erythemal UV radiometers

    15:50      Refreshment break

Session 2   Chair – Jürgen Metzdorf        UV, Vis, and IR Radiometry

    16:20      George Eppeldauer, NIST       2-8     Development of a Versatile Radiometer-Photometer System

    16:40      Lasse Ylianttila, STUK             2-9     Temperature effects of PTFE diffusers

Session 3   Chair – Jürgen Metzdorf        Photolithography and UV Processing

    17:00      Frank Scholze, PTB                3-1     Improvements in EUV reflectometry at PTB

    17:20      Rob Vest, NIST                       3-2     Measuring pulse energy with solid state photodiodes

    17:40      End of Session


Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Session 4   Chair – Peter Foukal              Remote sensing

      8:30      Greg Kopp, LASP                   4-1     Invited Talk, Solar Radiometry from SORCE

      9:00      Jack Xiong, NASA/GSFC        4-2     Inter-comparison Study of Terra and Aqua MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Using On-orbit Lunar Observations

      9:20      Hugh Kieffer, CR                     4-3     A Model of the Spectral Irradiance of the Moon for Calibration of Earth-orbiting Spacecraft Instruments

      9:40      Victor Privalsky, VNIIOFI          4-4     On measuring the radiant properties of objects of observations for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

    10:00      Refreshment break

Session 4   Chair – Claus Fröhlich           Remote sensing

    10:30      Peter Foukal, Heliophysics      4-5     Keynote Talk, The Solar Bolometric Imager – Recent Results and Future Plans

    11:00      Anton D. Nikolenko, INP          4-6     Procedures of absolute calibration for the Space Solar Patrol instrumentation at the Synchrotron radiation source

    11:20      Chris Gueymard, SCS             4-7     Determination of Aerosol Optical Depth and Ångström’s Wavelength Exponent Using Sunphotometers and Spectroradiometers: A Preliminary Assessment

    11:40      Lunch Break / Poster Session 4,5,6

Session 5   Chair – Antonio Corrons        Photometry and Colorimetry

    14:00      Georg Sauter, PTB                 5-1     Invited Talk, Review on new developments in Photometry

    14:30      Christian Monte, BAM              5-2     Linking Fluorescence Measurements to Radiometric Units

    14:50      Hiroshi Shitomi, AIST               5-3     Photoluminescence from White Reference Materials for Spectral Diffuse Reflectance upon Exposure to the Radiation Shorter than 400 nm

    15:10      Yuqin Zong, NIST                   5-4     A Simple Stray-light Correction Matrix for Array Spectrometers

    15:30      Refreshment break

Session 6   Chair – Christoph Wehrli         Novel Techniques

    16:00      Petri Kärhä, TKK                     6-1     Determination of luminous intensity of light-emitting diodes with modified inverse-square law

    16:20      Mike Shaw, NPL                      6-2     The Measurement of Surface and Volume Fluorescence at NPL

    16:40      Antti Lamminpää, TKK            6-3     Characterization of germanium photodiodes and trap detector

    17:00      Valentina Schettini, IEN          6-4     Single-photon source heralding efficiency and detection efficiency metrology at 1550 nm using periodically poled lithium niobate

    17:20      End of Session


    19:00      Evening Dinner at Schatzalp


Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Session 7   Chair – Tony Bittar                 International Comparisons

      8:30      Nigel Fox, NPL                        7-1     Invited Talk,

      9:00      Joachim Hussong, ATLAS       7-2     Comparison of Measurements of Spectral Irradiance (UV/VIS) by an International Round Robin Test

      9:20      Emma Woolliams, NPL            7-3     The CCPR K1-a Key Comparison of Spectral Irradiance 250 – 2500 nm: Measurements, Analysis and Results

Session 8   Chair – Tony Bittar                 Radiometric and Photometric Sources

      9:40      Joe Rice, NIST                        8-1     Hyperspectral Image Projectors for Radiometric Applications

    10:00      Steven Brown, NIST                8-2     Spatial Light Modulator-based Advanced Radiometric Sources

    10:20      Refreshment break

Session 8   Chair – Martin Huber              Radiometric and Photometric Sources

    10:40      Yoshiro Yamada, AIST            8-3     Invited Talk, Application of Metal (Carbide)-Carbon Eutectic Fixed Points in Radiometry

    11:10      Klaus Anhalt, PTB                   8-4     Thermodynamic temperature determinations of Co-C, Pd-C, Pt-C and Ru-C eutectic fixed points cells

    11:30      David Lowe, NPL                    8-5     Reproducible Metal-Carbon Eutectic Fixed-Points

    11:50      Peter Rosenkranz, BEV          8-6     On Estimation of Distribution Temperature

    12:10      Lunch Break / Poster Session 7,8,9

Session 9   Chair – Gerhard Ulm              Realisation of Scales

    14:00      Howard Yoon, NIST                9-1     Invited Talk, The Realization and the Dissemination of Thermodynamic Temperature Scales

    14:30      Rene Monshouwer, NMI          9-2     New method for the primary realization of the spectral irradiance scale from 400 to 900 nm

    14:50      Uwe Arp, NIST                        9-3     From X-rays to T-rays: Synchrotron Source-based Calibrations at SURF III

    15:10      Mathias Richter, PTB               9-4     The PTB High-Accuracy Spectral Responsivity Scale in the VUV and X-Ray Range

    15:30      Refreshment break

Session 9   Chair – Gerhard Ulm              Realisation of Scales

    16:00      Theo Theocharous, NPL         9-5     The establishment of the NPL infrared relative spectral responsivity scale using cavity pyroelectric detectors.

    16:20      Jimmy Dubard, LNE                 9-6     Infrared Radiometry at LNE: characterization of a pyroelectric detector used for relative spectral responsivity measurement

    16:40      Sergey Mekhontsev, NIST       9-7     Preliminary Realization of a Spectral Radiance Scale in the Range of 2.5 µm to 20 µm

    17:00      Pedro Corredera, CSIC           9-8     An integrated sphere radiometer as a solution for high power laser calibrations in fibre optics

    17:20      Mart Noorma, NIST                  9-9     Transfer standard pyrometers for radiance temperature measurements below the freezing temperature of silver at NIST

    17:40      Chariman SC                           Closing words

    17:50      End of Session/ End of Conference