Scattered vignettes from repeated radiant exposure

Lawrence D. Brooks

doi:10.1117/12.931774

15 October 2012 Scattered vignettes from repeated radiant exposure

Lawrence D. Brooks

Proceedings Volume 8483, Tribute to William Wolfe; 848304 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931774
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this presentation selected applications from the fields of Radiometry and Scattering are mingled with personal experiences to provide illumination upon William Wolfe’s teaching, mentorship, insights and wit. Professor Wolfe served as the presenter’s dissertation advisor from 1979-1982, but occasional industry interactions before and after that 3-year period provided the author a unique before-during-after sampling of this industry leader, author and teacher of Radiometry and applications of infrared technology to optical systems. The collection of selected topics begins with a brief review of the contribution of Max Planck, specifically his discovery of the blackbody radiation law in 1900. The assumption in Planck’s equation not only provided the foundation of Quantum Physics, but the venerable equation itself today still serves as convenient basis for self-radiative source characterization in radiation transfer modeling for infrared systems. Subsequent topics of a more personal experience nature will include a successful application example of an advisor’s counsel; an insider’s life at the early days of Optical Sciences Annex; how history turned on an unlikely OSA scatter paper presentation; social optical engineering observations; the BRDF and development of the first Arizona computer-automated scatterometer; and a Swiss Army knife gift and metaphor. Via this review process, the author will not only reinforce existing Wolfe paradigms, but perhaps add some unique colors to the Wolfe spectrum, illustrating through one person’s perspective of how over the decades Professor Wolfe has positively influenced the optical community in general, and one former Ph.D. student’s career in particular.

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Lawrence D. Brooks "Scattered vignettes from repeated radiant exposure", Proc. SPIE 8483, Tribute to William Wolfe, 848304 (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931774

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