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Indumathi Kamma1, Praveena Kommidi, B Rami Reddy
1Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University, P.O. Box 1268, Normal, Alabama 35762, USA.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|December 3, 2008
Abstract:
Temperature sensing system has been designed and fluorescence lifetime measurements have been performed to estimate the temperature. (4)S(3/2) lifetime of LaF(3):Er(3+) and (5)S(2) lifetime of LaF(3):Ho(3+) have been measured as a function of temperature. Lifetime versus temperature calibration plots have been made up to 1000 degrees C.
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