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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The research reported herein was performed under NCHRP Project 05-16 by the Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, United States Government, and Todd Heimer. The work undertaken by Todd Heimer was under contract with the National Institute of Standards and Technology. C. Cameron Miller, Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, is the principal investigator. The other authors of this report are Edward Early, Physicist, National Institute of Standards of Technology and Todd Heimer. The work was done under the general supervision of Yoshi Ohno, group leader of the Detector Calibration group in the Optical Technology Division; Gerald Fraser, group leader of the Temperature and Spectroscopic Applications group in the Optical Technology Division; and Albert Parr, division chief of the Optical Technology Division. xi