Convenient Fiber-Optic-Based Sample Cell for Shpol'skii and Low-Temperature Phosphorescence Spectrometry

Abstract

A sample cell for observing the Shpol'skii effect at 77 K is described and analytically assessed. The cell employs fiber optic light guides to transport excitation and emission radiation. The system is compact, inexpensive, simple to construct from commercially available laboratory components, and alleviates several problems inherent in conventional refrigerated-cell designs. Detection limits for anthracene, coronene, and pyrene obtained with the sample cell are 8.8 x 10 to the -8thM, 8.4 x 10 to the -7thM, and 3.5 x 10 to the -7M, respectively. The linear dynamic range for each compound is 2 to 3 orders of magnitude. Sensors, Optical fibers, Shpol'skii spectrometry, Phosphorimetry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203490

Entities

People

  • Gary M. Hieftje
  • Mary K. Carroll
  • Richard T. Madison

Organizations

  • Indiana University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Calibration
  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Dynamic Range
  • Electro-Optics
  • Emission
  • Fiber Optics
  • Fluorescence
  • Low Temperature
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optics
  • Radiation
  • Security
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design