Abstract

This paper analyzes the photometric characteristics of a trace gas analyzer with a retroreflector, constructed using a coaxial layout. The dependences of the illuminance in the image plane on the position of a point relative to the center of the image are obtained. The recorded light flux is calculated as a function of the source size and the path length. It is shown that there is an optimum relationship between the radius of the retroreflector, the radius of the radiation source, and a group of parameters that characterizes the telescope and the path.

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