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Re: Infrared Video

  • From: boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Long)
  • Subject: Re: Infrared Video
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 22:43:36 GMT
On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:58:17 +0100 (WET DST), Jim Wood wrote:

|I realize this is a bit long and off the beaten path, but looked
|interesting, at least to me.

Me too.  Thank you.

The Greek letter (mu) stands for micro- and is frequently used (or
abused, since the abbreviation *should* be mu-m) to stand for
microns--or, more correctly, micrometers.  To add to the confusion,
most folks specify wavelengths of visible light and IR not in
micrometers, but in Angstroms (very old-fashioned) or in nanometers
(nm), which is accepted almost universally today.  (1 "u" =3D 1,000 nm)
I wonder why the report used micrometers/microns.

Bob Long
(boblong@xxxxxxxxxxx)

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