SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE-TEMPERATURE THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF MATERIAL EMISSIVITY, SURROUNDING RADIATION SOURCES, AND INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION
Jr. Markham et al., SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE-TEMPERATURE THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF MATERIAL EMISSIVITY, SURROUNDING RADIATION SOURCES, AND INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION, Applied spectroscopy, 48(2), 1994, pp. 265-270
A novel optical measurement technique for the in situ determination of
surface temperature is presented. The technique employs modulation of
the object temperature by an energy source of high intensity, such as
a laser. By modulation of the temperature at the point from which the
emitted spectrum of electro-magnetic radiation is being monitored, ro
utine calculations involving the observed modulated component of the r
adiation spectrum will determine the temperature and, for some conditi
ons, emissivity. The region to be measured is thus defined by the inte
rsection of the laser and the beam which enters the collection optics
of the Fourier transform Infrared spectrometer. Analysis of the modula
ted radiation results in a temperature determination which is independ
ent of material emissivity, surrounding radiation sources, and instrum
ent calibration for optical path.