Eclipsing thermal lens spectroscopy for fluorescence quantum yield measurement

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 18592-18601

  Estupinan Lopez C ^a   Dominguez, C Tolentino ^a   De Araujo, R E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

ABSOLUTE QUANTUM YIELDS; DETECTION MODE; ETHANOLIC SOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; RHODAMINE 6G; SINGLE-BEAM; SPATIAL FILTERING METHODS; THERMAL LENS SPECTROSCOPY;

QUANTUM YIELD;

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; LENSES; MICROCHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880952126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.018592     Document Type: Article

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