An infrared precision radiation thermometer for the calibration of remote sensing instrumentations under vacuum

B. Gutschwager; R. Gärtner; J. Hollandt

doi:10.1117/12.830426

28 September 2009 An infrared precision radiation thermometer for the calibration of remote sensing instrumentations under vacuum

B. Gutschwager, R. Gärtner, J. Hollandt

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Proceedings Volume 7477, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XV; 747719 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830426
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A vacuum infrared standard radiation thermometer (VIRST) was jointly developed by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and the Raytek GmbH for temperature measurements from -150 °C to 170 °C under vacuum. The radiation thermometer is a purpose built instrument to be operated with the PTB reduced-background infrared calibration facility (RBCF). The instrument is a stand-alone system with an air-tight housing which allows operation inside a vacuum chamber, attached to a vacuum chamber and on air. The radiation thermometer serves to calibrate thermal radiation sources, i.e. blackbody radiators, for their radiation temperature by comparison with the vacuum variable-temperature reference blackbodies inside the RBCF. Furthermore, since it can be operated under vacuum and on air, the instrument also allows to compare the water- and ammonia-heat-pipe reference blackbodies of the PTB low-temperature calibration facility on air with the vacuum variable-temperature blackbodies of the RBCF. Finally the instrument shall be used as a transfer radiation thermometer to carry and compare the temperature scale of PTB by means of radiation thermometry to remote sensing calibration facilities outside PTB. The mechanical, optical and electrical design of the instrument are shortly reported. Results on the temperature resolution, size-of-source effect, long-term stability, and the reference function are given. A comparison of the heat-pipe blackbodies on air with the vacuum variable-low-temperature blackbody (VLTBB) and a comparison of the VLTBB with the vacuum variable-medium- temperature blackbody (VMTBB) via VIRST are presented. The long term stability of the infrared precision radiation thermometer after 17 months is shown.

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B. Gutschwager, R. Gärtner, and J. Hollandt "An infrared precision radiation thermometer for the calibration of remote sensing instrumentations under vacuum", Proc. SPIE 7477, Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing XV, 747719 (28 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830426

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