A Semiconductor Detector for Measuring Ultraweak Fluorescence Decays with 70 ps FWHM Resolution

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1983, Pages 630-634

  Cova, Sergio ^a   Longoni, Antonio ^a   Andreoni, Alessandra ^b   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE - MEASUREMENTS;

1;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

EID: 0020734909     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071905     Document Type: Article

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