The idea of the Lambertian surface: history, idealization, and system theoretical aspects and part 1 of a lost chapter on multiple reflection

Cornelius Hahlweg; Burkhard Meißner; Wenjing Zhao; Hendrik Rothe

doi:10.1117/12.860172

20 August 2010 The idea of the Lambertian surface: history, idealization, and system theoretical aspects and part 1 of a lost chapter on multiple reflection

Cornelius Hahlweg, Burkhard Meißner, Wenjing Zhao, Hendrik Rothe

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Proceedings Volume 7792, Reflection, Scattering, and Diffraction from Surfaces II; 779202 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860172
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The paper gives an overview on the actual roots of Lambert's ideas on photometry including the excerpts of original sources as found in the Scientific library of castle Friedenstein in Gotha and in the Rostock university library, both in Germany, as well as some ideas on the system theoretical consequences and shortcomings and elegance of the concept of an angular cosine distribution. Further some almost lost paragraphs of Lambert's work on multiple reflection in dioptric systems are presented in translated and commented form.

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Cornelius Hahlweg, Burkhard Meißner, Wenjing Zhao, and Hendrik Rothe "The idea of the Lambertian surface: history, idealization, and system theoretical aspects and part 1 of a lost chapter on multiple reflection", Proc. SPIE 7792, Reflection, Scattering, and Diffraction from Surfaces II, 779202 (20 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860172

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