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Title: Physics; Optics; Optical Standards/Photodector Calibrations; Houston
Description: Physicist Jeanne Houston aligns a laser beam into the NIST primary optical standard used for calibrating photodetector devices that sense ultraviolet, visible, or infrared light. Photodetectors are used widely in scientific laboratories as well as in the lighting, aerospace, defense, and many other industries.

*PHY, light sensors, light detectors, light measurements, calibration services, photosensitive detectors

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Subjects (names): Houston, Jeanne
Topics/Categories: Metrology, Basic Units--Light Intensity
Physics--Optics
Standards/Calibrations--Calibration Services
Transportation--Aerospace
Type: Photo/Color
Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Credit Line as it should
appear in print:
Copyright Robert Rathe
AV Number: 04PHY001
Date Created: 2004
Date Entered: 3/7/2005

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