The design of electro-optical sensors

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What is the radiant intensity, assumed to be constant inside the emitted cone of light, of a laser source of power P and total divergence   ? What is the number of photons emitted per second by the laser, if its wavelength is  λ ?

Numerical application : P = 1W,  = 1mrad, λ = 1µm

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What is the irradiance of the solar panel of an earth satellite that is oriented perpendicularly to the solar rays (consider the sun as a 6000 K Blackbody, with angular diameter égal à 30') ?

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An image forming electro-optical sensor is observing the ambient light being reflected from a diffuse surface of irradiance E and reflectance R, some distance d away. What is the irradiance E' of a (small) detector placed on axis in the image plane of the sensor if the focal length of the lens is f', the entrance pupil diameter De and the transmittance Top. Consider that the propagating medium is the vacuum and the the object distance is very large as compared to the focal length.

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