collection_area: Calculate surface area of the collection apature

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Calculates the surface area using the diameter of the instrument light collection apature. This maybe given in um, mm, cm or m and specified using unit_in

Usage

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collection_area(diameter, unit_in = "um")

Arguments

diameter

The ‘diameter’ (d) of the instrument light collection apature

unit_in

The units of length for diameter, c('um', 'mm', 'cm', 'm')

Value

Surface area of the collection apature (*A*, m2)

Examples

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collection_area(400, unit_in='um')

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