Applications:
- Quality control of CRTs
- Inspection of monitors
The PMA2133 is a portable luminance detector with spectral response
following the CIE photopic action spectrum. This detector is
designed to have a spectral response like that of the human eye's visual response in
the photopic region.
The photopic spectral luminous efficiency curve peaks at 555nm and
it is normalized to 1 at that wavelength.
Luminance is the luminous intensity per unit area projected in a
given direction. The standard unit for luminance is cd/m2 (candela
per square meter, sometimes referred to as nit). Another common
unit of luminance is fL (footlambert) where 1 fL = 3.426 cd/m2.
Luminance is essentially the amount of visible light leaving a point
on a surface in a particular direction. The light that leaves the
surface can be due to emission, reflection, or transmission.

Figure 1: Photopic Efficiency and Detector Response |