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Measurement of the ultraviolet-induced fluorescence yield from integrating spheres

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Author(s)

Ping-Shine Shaw, Uwe Arp, Keith R. Lykke

Abstract

We report theory and measurements of a simple and absolute technique for the determination of the total emitted spectral fluorescence yield inside an integrating sphere from the sphere coating under irradiation with a monochromatic beam. This technique measures the spectral response to the radiation exiting from an integrating sphere under irradiation by a spectrometer-detector system. The total spectral fluorescence yield can be calculated by the response measurement and an overall responsivity function that is obtained by calibrating the system with a standard source. This technique provides quantitative fluorescence analysis of the coating of an integrating sphere wall.
Citation
Metrologia
Volume
46

Keywords

fluorescence yield, Integrating spheres, UV induced fluorrescence

Citation

Shaw, P. , Arp, U. and Lykke, K. (2009), Measurement of the ultraviolet-induced fluorescence yield from integrating spheres, Metrologia (Accessed April 23, 2024)
Created June 2, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017