Ruby-based decay-time thermometry: Effect of probe size on extended measurement range (77-800 K)

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Hu, Youlin fL ^a   Zhang, Zhi Yi ^a   Grattan, Kenneth Thomas Victor ^a   Palmer, Andrew William ^a   Meggitt, Beverly Thomas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decay time thermometry; Fiber optic thermometers; Fluorescence lifetime; Ruby

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE; RUBY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS;

DECAY TIME THERMOMETERS; FIBER OPTICS THERMOMETERS; TEMPERATURE PROBE FABRICATIONS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031256929     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01523-9     Document Type: Article

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