Lab for Metrology

Lecture: Electrical Metrology (BET/BET)

The lecture in Metrology includes all areas of metrology, like the consideration of measurement uncertainty, dynamic behaviour of devices, characteristic curves, linearisation, curve fitting, fundamental physics of insulators, semiconductors, and metals, electromechanical measuring devices for current/voltage, operational amplifiers and circuits with operational amplifiers, as well as digital/analogue converters.

Lecture: Photometry and Radiometry (MET)

Lecture topics in Photometry and Radiometry are all aspects of measuring optical radiation, especially the physical fundamentals of generating thermal radiation, the physical fundamentals of thermal and photoelectric receivers, and the metrological traceability of the corresponding measured quantities to the system of units. Additionally, practical applications of photometric and radiometric measuring of radiation, especially optical temperature measuring, are a topic.

Lab course: Electrical Metrology (BET)

The following experiments are part of the practical part of Metrology:

• Measuring current, voltage, and resistance
• Investigating the thermal behaviour of diodes
• Measuring AC quantities with and without an oscilloscope
• Simple amplifier circuits, wave propagation on coax cables

Work focus

• Applied research in the fields of metrology, opto-thermal sensor technology and thermophysics
• Supporting and building a metrological competence and infrastructure in medium-sized companies, especially through the transfer of technologies.
• Cooperative industrial research and development projects (MNPQ, ZIM, EU Framework Programmes)
• Standardisation for the industry (VDI, DIN, CEN, ISO)
• The development and application of optical methods in light, radiation, and temperature measuring technology and of materials investigation for industrial and research use