colour.colorimetry.blackbody Module

Blackbody - Planckian Radiator

Defines objects to compute the spectral radiance of a planckian radiator and its spectral power distribution.

See also

Blackbody IPython Notebook

colour.colorimetry.blackbody.planck_law(*args, **kwds)[source]

Returns the spectral radiance of a blackbody at thermodynamic temperature \(T[K]\) in a medium having index of refraction \(n\).

Notes

The following form implementation is expressed in term of wavelength. The SI unit of radiance is watts per steradian per square metre.

References

[1]CIE TC 1-48. (2004). APPENDIX E. INFORMATION ON THE USE OF PLANCK’S EQUATION FOR STANDARD AIR. In CIE 015:2004 Colorimetry, 3rd Edition (pp. 77–82). ISBN:978-3-901-90633-6
Parameters:
  • wavelength (numeric) – Wavelength in meters.
  • temperature (numeric) – Temperature \(T[K]\) in kelvin degrees.
  • c1 (numeric, optional) – The official value of \(c1\) is provided by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), and is \(c1=3,741771x10.16\ W/m_2\) (Mohr and Taylor, 2000).
  • c2 (numeric, optional) – Since \(T\) is measured on the International Temperature Scale, the value of \(c2\) used in colorimetry should follow that adopted in the current International Temperature Scale (ITS-90) (Preston-Thomas, 1990; Mielenz et aI., 1991), namely \(c2=1,4388x10.2\ m/K\).
  • n (numeric, optional) – Medium index of refraction. For dry air at 15°C and 101 325 Pa, containing 0,03 percent by volume of carbon dioxide, it is approximately 1,00028 throughout the visible region although CIE 15:2004 recommends using \(n=1\).
Returns:

Radiance in watts per steradian per square metre.
Return type:

numeric

Examples

>>> # Doctests ellipsis for Python 2.x compatibility.
>>> planck_law(500 * 1e-9, 5500)  
20472701909806.5...
colour.colorimetry.blackbody.blackbody_spectral_radiance(*args, **kwds)

Returns the spectral radiance of a blackbody at thermodynamic temperature \(T[K]\) in a medium having index of refraction \(n\).

Notes

The following form implementation is expressed in term of wavelength. The SI unit of radiance is watts per steradian per square metre.

References

[1]CIE TC 1-48. (2004). APPENDIX E. INFORMATION ON THE USE OF PLANCK’S EQUATION FOR STANDARD AIR. In CIE 015:2004 Colorimetry, 3rd Edition (pp. 77–82). ISBN:978-3-901-90633-6
Parameters:
  • wavelength (numeric) – Wavelength in meters.
  • temperature (numeric) – Temperature \(T[K]\) in kelvin degrees.
  • c1 (numeric, optional) – The official value of \(c1\) is provided by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), and is \(c1=3,741771x10.16\ W/m_2\) (Mohr and Taylor, 2000).
  • c2 (numeric, optional) – Since \(T\) is measured on the International Temperature Scale, the value of \(c2\) used in colorimetry should follow that adopted in the current International Temperature Scale (ITS-90) (Preston-Thomas, 1990; Mielenz et aI., 1991), namely \(c2=1,4388x10.2\ m/K\).
  • n (numeric, optional) – Medium index of refraction. For dry air at 15°C and 101 325 Pa, containing 0,03 percent by volume of carbon dioxide, it is approximately 1,00028 throughout the visible region although CIE 15:2004 recommends using \(n=1\).
Returns:

Radiance in watts per steradian per square metre.
Return type:

numeric

Examples

>>> # Doctests ellipsis for Python 2.x compatibility.
>>> planck_law(500 * 1e-9, 5500)  
20472701909806.5...
colour.colorimetry.blackbody.blackbody_spd(temperature, shape=SpectralShape(360, 830, 1), c1=3.741771e-16, c2=0.014388, n=1)[source]

Returns the spectral power distribution of the planckian radiator for given temperature \(T[K]\).

Parameters:
  • temperature (numeric) – Temperature \(T[K]\) in kelvin degrees.
  • shape (SpectralShape, optional) – Spectral shape used to create the spectral power distribution of the planckian radiator.
  • c1 (numeric, optional) – The official value of \(c1\) is provided by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), and is \(c1=3,741771x10.16\ W/m_2\) (Mohr and Taylor, 2000).
  • c2 (numeric, optional) – Since \(T\) is measured on the International Temperature Scale, the value of \(c2\) used in colorimetry should follow that adopted in the current International Temperature Scale (ITS-90) (Preston-Thomas, 1990; Mielenz et aI., 1991), namely \(c2=1,4388x10.2\ m/K\).
  • n (numeric, optional) – Medium index of refraction. For dry air at 15°C and 101 325 Pa, containing 0,03 percent by volume of carbon dioxide, it is approximately 1,00028 throughout the visible region although CIE 15:2004 recommends using \(n=1\).
Returns:

Blackbody spectral power distribution.
Return type:

SpectralPowerDistribution

Examples

>>> from colour import STANDARD_OBSERVERS_CMFS
>>> cmfs = STANDARD_OBSERVERS_CMFS.get('CIE 1931 2 Degree Standard Observer')  
>>> blackbody_spd(5000, cmfs.shape)  
<colour.colorimetry.spectrum.SpectralPowerDistribution object at 0x...>