Measuring triboluminescence from ZnS:Mn produced by ballistic impacts

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Fontenot, S ^a,b   Hollerman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data processing methods; Detection of defects; Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si PMTs, G APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs etc); Spectrometers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955835137     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/04/T04001     Document Type: Article

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