Publications
Optical Sensor Group

NOTE: The copies of the NIST photometry papers are posted here based on the copyright statement in the NIST Administrative Manual, Subchapter 4.09. The paper versions posted here are the final manuscript and are not identical with the published version in styles and editorial details, including page numbers. For official reference, please refer to the published hardcopy versions. (NIST J. Res. papers are identical with published versions.)

Sorted by subjects

• Color Rendering


• Colorimetry


• Flashing Lights


• LED Measurement


• Photometry, general


• Radiometry


• Spectroradiometry and LED applications


• Total luminous flux / Spectral radiant flux

Color Rendering

1. W. Davis and Y. Ohno, Development of a Color Quality Scale (CQS) (244 kB) , Proc. Sixth International Lighting Research Symposium on Light and Color, Orlando, FL, February 2006.
2. W. Davis and Y. Ohno, Evaluation of color difference formulae for color rendering metrics (104 kB) , Proc. CIE Expert Symposium on 75 Years of the CIE Standard Colorimetric Observer, CIE x030:2006, 151-155 (2006).
3. W. Davis and Y. Ohno, Toward an Improved Color Rendering Metric (315 kB) , Proc. Fifth International Conference on Solid State Lighting, SPIE 5941, 59411G (2005).
4. W. Davis and Y. Ohno, NIST Facility for Color Rendering Simulation (242 kB) , Proc. AIC Colour 05--10th Congress of the International Colour Association, May 9-13, 2005, Granada, Spain, pp. 519-522 (2005).
5. Y. Ohno, Spectral Design Considerations for Color Rendering of White LED Light Sources (2.2 MB) , Opt. Eng. 44, 111302 (2005).
6. Y. Ohno, Color Rendering and Luminous Efficacy of White LED Spectra (479 kB) , Fourth International Conference on Solid State lighting, Proc. SPIE 5530, 88-98 (2004).
7. Y. Ohno, Simulation Analysis of White LED Spectra and Color Rendering (472 kB) , Proc. CIE Symposium '04, LED Light Sources: Physical Measurement and Visual and Photobiological Assessment, 7-8 June 2004, Tokyo Japan, 28-32 (2004).
8. Y. Ohno, Color Issues of White LEDs, a section in Solid State Light Emitting Diodes For General Illumination (161 kB) , OIDA Workshop Preliminary Report (October 26-27, 2000),
   also in OLEDs for General Illumination, OIDA Workshop Preliminary Report, Nov 30 - Dec. 1 (2000).

Colorimetry

1. G. Eppeldauer and Y. Ohno, Development of the NIST Detector-based Color Temperature Scale (212 kB) , Proc. CIE Expert Symposium on 75 Years of the CIE Standard Colorimetric Observer, CIE x030:2006, 55-60 (2006).
2. Y. Ohno, Spectral Colour Measurement, Chapter 6 in CIE Colorimetry, 1931-2006, CIE Central Bureau, Vienna Austria. (2006).
3. G. Eppeldauer, S. Brown, and K. Lykke, Realization and application of a detector-based tristimulus color scale at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (686 kB) , Proc. AIC'05, May 9-13, 2005 Granada, Spain (2005), pp. 693-696.
4. Y. Ohno, Obtaining Spectral Data for Colorimetry (240 kB) , Proc. 25^th Session of the CIE, San Diego, 1, D2 44-47 (2003).
5. S. Brown and Y. Ohno, Color by Numbers, SPIE's OE Magazine, 48, February 2002.
6. F. Manoocheri, S.W. Brown, and Y. Ohno, NIST Colorimetric Calibration Facility for Displays -- Part 2 (293 kB) , Society for Information Displays '01 DIGEST, 330-333 (2001).
7. Y. Ohno, CIE Fundamentals for Color Measurements (139 kB) , Proc. IS&T NIP16 International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, Oct. 15-20, 2000, Vancouver, Canada (2000), pp. 540-545.
8. S. Brown, Y. Zong, and Y. Ohno, Calibrating Colorimeters for Display Measurements (41 kB) , Information Display 15(12), December 1999, 30-34 (1999).
9. S. Brown and Y. Ohno, NIST Colorimetric Calibration Facility for Displays (50 kB) , Society for Information Displays 99 DIGEST, 794-797 (1999).
10. S. Brown and Y. Ohno, NIST Calibration Facility for Display Colorimeters (76 kB) , Proc. IS&T/SPIE 11th International Symposium, Electronic Imaging '99, San Jose (1999).
11. Y. Ohno and S. Brown, Four-Color Matrix Method for Correction of Tristimulus Colorimeters - Part 2 (54 kB) , Proc. IS&T Sixth Color Imaging Conference, 65-68 (1998).
12. G. Eppeldauer, Spectral Response Based Calibration Method of Tristimulus Colorimeters (34 kB) , J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol., 103(6), 615-619 (1998).
13. Y. Ohno and J. Hardis, Four-Color Matrix Method for Correction of Tristimulus Colorimeters (39 kB) , Proc. IS&T Fifth Color Imaging Conference, 301-305 (1997).
14. Y. Ohno and J. Hardis, Improved Matrix Method for Tristimulus Colorimetry of Displays (31 kB) , Proc. 8th Congress of the International Color Association, AIC Color 97 Kyoto 2, 570-573 (1997).
15. S. Brown and Y. Ohno, NIST Reference Spectroradiometer for Color Display Calibrations (33 kB) , Proc. IS&T Sixth Color Imaging Conference, 62-64 (1998).

Flashing Lights

1. C.C. Miller, W. Davis, S.E, Lee, R.E, Gibbons, and Y. Ohno, General Practice for the Measurement of Flashing Lights (284 kB) , Proc. of CIE Midterm Meeting & International Lighting Congress, Leon, Spain, May 17-21, 2005, published in CD (2005).
2. Y. Ohno, Physical Measurement of Flashing Lights - Now and Then (916 kB) , Proc. CIE Symposium '02, Veszprem, Hungary, CIE x025:2003, 31-36 (2003).
3. Y. Ohno and D. Couzin, Modified Allard Method for Effective Intensity of Flashing Lights (913 kB) , Proc. CIE Symposium’02, Veszprem, Hungary, CIE x025:2003, 23-28 (2003).
4. Y. Ohno, Report on the CIE Workshop: Photometry of Flashing Lights (23 kB) , Proc. II, CIE 24th Session Warsaw, 64-67 (1999).
5. Y. Ohno and Y. Zong, Establishment of the NIST Flashing-Light Photometric Unit (91 kB) , Proc. Photometric Engineering of Sources and Systems, SPIE 3140, 2-11 (1997).

LED Measurement

1. Y. Ohno, Optical Metrology for LEDs and Solid State Lighting (508 kB) , invited paper, Proc. Fifth Symposium of Optics in Industry, SPIE 6046, 604625 (2006).
2. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Standardization of LED measurements, Photonics Spectra 38/9, 68, (2004).
3. C.C. Miller, Y. Zong, and Y. Ohno, LED Photometric Calibrations at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Future Measurement Needs of LEDs (216 kB) , Fourth International Conference on Solid State lighting, Proc. SPIE 5530, 69-79 (2004).
4. Y. Ohno and B. Kránicz, Spectroradiometer Characterization for Colorimetry of LEDs (155 kB) , Proc. 2^nd CIE Expert Symposium on LED Measurement, May 11-12, 2001, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 56-60 (2001).
5. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Luminous Intensity Measurements \ of Light Emitting Diodes at NIST (47 kB) , Proc. 2^nd CIE Expert Symposium on LED Measurement, May 11-12, 2001, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 28-32 (2001).
6. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Luminous Flux Calibration of LEDs at NIST (62 kB) , Proc. 2^nd CIE Expert Symposium on LED Measurement, May 11-12, 2001, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 45-48 (2001).
7. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Luminous Intensity Calibrations and Colorimetry of LEDs at NIST, Proc. Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Expo, July 2001, Boston, MA (2001).
8. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Total Luminous Flux Calibrations of LEDs at NIST, Proc. Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Expo, July 2001, Boston, MA (2001).

Photometry, general

1. Y. Ohno, Chapter A.2.2 Basic Concepts in Photometry, Radiometry, and Colorimetry, Handbook of Optoelectronics, ed.by J. Dakin and R. Brown, Vol. I (Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006).
2. C.C. Miller and Y. Ohno, Living with Uncertainty (257 kB) , OE-The monthly publication of the SPIE, 19-21 (Feb. 2005).
3. Y. Ohno, Chapter 7 Photometry, Optical Radiometry, Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, 41, ed. by A.C. Parr, R.U. Datla, and J.L. Gardner (Elsevier Academic Press, 2005).
4. Y. Ohno, A Numerical Method for Color Uncertainty (77 kB) , Proc. CIE Expert Symposium 2001 on Uncertainty Evaluation, Jan. 2001, Vienna, Austria, 8-11 (2001).
5. Y. Ohno, and S.W. Brown, Photometry, Sensing Light and Color (1.2 MB) , Opt. Photonics News, September 2001, 12(9), 38-40 (2001).
6. Y. Ohno, Chapter 14, Photometry and Radiometry - Review for Vision Optics, Part 2 Vision Optics, OSA Handbook of Optics, Volume III (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001).
7. Y. Ohno, Recent Developments in Detector-Based Photometry and Future Needs in Photometry (48 kB) , Proc. CIE Symposium '99 - 75 Years of CIE Photometry, Budapest, 109-114 (1999).
8. Y. Ohno, T. Goodman, and G. Sauter, Trilateral Intercomparison of photometric units maintained by NPL (UK), PTB (Germany), and NIST (USA) (93 kB) , J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 104, 47-57 (1999).
9. Y. Ohno, High Illuminance Calibration Facility and Procedures (84 kB) , J. IES, 27(2), 132-140 (1998).
10. Y. Ohno and M. Navarro, New Photometric Calibration Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (48 kB) , Metrologia 35(4), 317-321 (1998).
11. Y. Ohno, Chapter 3 - Photometric Standards, OSA/AIP Handbook of Applied Photometry, 55-99 (1997).
12. Y. Ohno, Chapter 5 - Photometric Measurement Procedures, OSA/AIP Handbook of Applied Photometry, 133-177 (1997).
13. Y. Ohno, NIST Measurement Services: Photometric Calibrations (7.7 kB) , NIST Spec. Publ. 250-37 (1997).
14. Y. Ohno, Improved Photometric Standards and Calibration Procedures at NIST (135 kB) , J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 102(3), 323-331 (1997).
15. Y. Ohno and M. Navarro, Improved Photometric and Colorimetric calibrations at NIST (83 kB) , Proc. 1997 NCSL Workshop and Symposium, Atlanta, 99-110 (1997).
16. Y. Ohno and J.K. Jackson, Characterization of modified FEL quartz-halogen lamps for photometric standards (143 kB) , Metrologia 32(6), 693-696 (1996).
17. Y. Ohno, Improved Photometric Standards and Calibration Procedures at NIST, Proc. NCSL 1996 Workshop and Symposium, Vol. 1, 343-353 (1996).
18. C.L. Cromer, G. Eppeldauer, J.E. Hardis, T.C. Larason, Y. Ohno, and A.C. Parr, The NIST Detector-Based Luminous Intensity Scale (143 kB) , J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 101(2), 109-132 (1996).
19. Y. Ohno, C.L. Cromer, J.E. Hardis, and G. Eppeldauer, The Detector-based Candela Scale and Related Photometric Calibration Procedures at NIST (149 kB)  , J. IES, 23(1), 88-98 (1994).

Radiometry

1. J.M. Houston, and J.P. Rice, NIST Reference Cryogenic Radiometer Designed for Versatile Performance (274 kB) , Metrologia 43, S31-S35 (2006).
2. T. Larason and Y. Ohno, Calibration and Characterization of UV Sensors for Water Disinfection (388 kB) , Metrologia 43, S151-S156 (2006).
3. T. Larason and Y. Ohno, Calibration and Standardization Issues of UV Sensors for Water Disinfection (744 kB) , Proc. NCSLI 2005 Conference, Washington DC, August 2005, published in CD (2005).
4. G. Eppeldauer, S. Brown, and K. Lykke, Chapter 4, Transfer Standard Filter Radiometers: Applications to fundamental scales, Optical Radiometry (Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, 41 (Elsevier Science, 2006).
5. G.P. Eppeldauer, J. Zeng, and L.M. Hanssen, Development and calibration of pyroelectric radiometer standards at NIST (1.7 MB) , SPIE Proc. 6201 (2006), pp. 620119-1 to 620119-12.
6. G. Eppeldauer, R. Austin, and C. Lustenberger, New working standards to disseminate NIST radiometric and photometric scales (443 kB) , Proc. NCSLI-06 Conference (published in CD).
7. G.P. Eppeldauer, G. Sauter, and J.L. Gardner, Uncertainties of Spectral Responsivity Measurements (93 kB) , Proc. CIE Uncertainty Symposium in Braunschweig, Germany, June 12-13, 2006.
8. Y. Ohno and A.E. Thompson, Photometry - the CIE V(λ) Function and What Can be Learned from Photometry (46 kB) , Measurements of Optical Radiation Hazards - A Reference Book Based on Presentations Given by Health and Safety Experts on Optical Radiation Hazards, September 1-3, 1998 Gaithersburg, MD, ICNIRP 6/98, CIEx016-1998, 445-453 (1998).

Spectroradiometry and LED applications

1. Y. Zong, S.W. Brown, K.R. Lykke, and Y. Ohno, Simple Stray Light Correction Method for Array Spectrometers (843 kB) , Appl. Opt. 45(6), 1111-1119 (2006).
2. Y. Zong, S.W. Brown, B.C. Johnson, K.R. Lykke, and Y. Ohno, Correction of stray light in spectrographs: implications for remote sensing (280 kB) , Proc. SPIE 5882, 588201 (2005).
3. Y. Ohno, A Flexible Bandpass Correction Method for Spectrometers (194 kB) , Proc. AIC Colour 05 - 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, May 9-13, 2005, Granada, Spain (2005), pp. 697-700.
4. I. Fryc, S.W. Brown, and Y. Ohno, A spectrally tunable LED sphere source enables accurate calibration of tristimulus colorimeters (373 kB) , Proc. SPIE 6158, 125-132 (2006).
5. I. Fryc, S.W. Brown, and Y. Ohno, Spectral Matching with and LED-Based Spectrally Tunable Source (563 kB) , Proc. SPIE 5941, 59411I (2005).
6. I. Fryc, S.W. Brown, G.P. Eppeldauer, and Y. Ohno, LED Base Spectrally Tunable Source for Radiometric, Photometric and Colorimetric Applications (840 kB) , Opt. Eng. 44, 111309 (Nov. 2005).
7. G.P. Eppeldauer, S.W. Brown, G. Dezsi, I. Fryc, and Y. Ohno, Development and application issues of a spectrally tunable LED source (494 kB) , Proc. CIE Expert Symposium on Light Sources, June 7-8, 2004, Tokyo, Japan (2004), pp. 107-110.
8. I. Fryc, S.W. Brown, G.P. Eppeldauer, and Y. Ohno, A Spectrally Tunable Solid-State Source for Radiometric, Photometric and Colorimetric Applications (229 kB) , Fourth International Conference on Solid State Lighting, Proc. SPIE 5530, 150-159 (2004).

Total luminous flux / Spectral radiant flux

1. Y. Ohno and Y. Zong, NIST Facility for Total Spectral Radiant Flux Calibration (868 kB) , Proc. Symposium of Metrology 2004, CENAM, Mexico, published in CD (2004).
2. Y. Zong, C.C. Miller, K. Lykke, and Y. Ohno, Measurement of Total Radiant Flux of UV LEDs (360 kB) , Proc. of CIE Expert Symposium on LED Light Sources, June 2004, Tokyo, 107-110 (2004).
3. Y. Ohno and R. Bergman, Detector-referenced integrating sphere photometry for industry (472 kB) , J. IES 32(2), 21-26 (2003).
4. Y. Ohno and R.O. Daubach, Integrating Sphere Simulation on Spatial Nonuniformity Errors in Luminous Flux Measurement (484 kB) , J. IES, 30(1), 105-115 (2001).
5. Y. Ohno, R. Köhler, and M. Stock, ac/dc Technique for the Absolute Integrating Sphere Method (136 kB) , Metrologia 37, 583-586 (2000).
6. Y. Ohno and Y. Zong, Detector-Based Integrating Sphere Photometry, (160 kB)  Proc. 24th Session of the CIE 1, Part 1, 155-160 (1999).
7. Y. Ohno, Detector-Based Luminous Flux Calibration using the Absolute Integrating-Sphere Method (146 kB) , Metrologia, 35(4), 473-478 (1998).
8. Y. Ohno, M. Lindemann, and G. Sauter, Analysis of integrating sphere errors for lamps having different angular intensity distributions (54 kB) , J. IES, 26(2), 107-114 (1997).
9. Y. Ohno, Realization of NIST 1995 Luminous Flux Scale using Integrating Sphere Method (41 kB) , J. IES, 25(1), 13-22 (1996).
10. Y. Ohno, Realization of NIST Luminous Flux Scale Using an Integrating Sphere with an External Source (61 kB) , Proc. CIE 23rd Session, New Delhi, 1, 87-90 (1995).
11. Y. Ohno, New Method for Realizing a Total Luminous Flux Scale using an Integrating Sphere with an External Source, (109 kB) , J. IES, 24(1), 106-115 (1995).
12. Y. Ohno and G. Sauter, 1993 Intercomparison of Photometric Units Maintained at NIST (USA) and PTB (Germany) (839 kB) , J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 100(3), 227-239 (1995).
13. Y. Ohno, Integrating Sphere Simulation - Application to Total Flux Scale Realization, (1.3 MB)  Appl. Opt. 33(13), 2637-2647 (1994).