photoluminescence
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Origin of photoluminescence
First recorded in 1885–90; photo- + luminescence
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Another intriguing aspect is the presence of silicon-vacancy color centers in the diamond structure, as an intense zero-phonon line at 738.5 nm in the photoluminescence spectrum excited by using a 532 nm laser was found.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
To date, the most common technique for measuring the photoluminescence lifetime of rare-earth doped nanoparticles has involved counting time-correlated single photons.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
However, the long photoluminescence lifetimes of rare-earth doped nanoparticles in the infrared spectrum, from hundreds of microseconds to several milliseconds, restrict the excitation's repetition rate.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
Experimental determination of the optical gap involved photoluminescence and photoabsorption experiments.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
Free charge carriers in perovskite solar cells likely have a special form of protection from recombination, researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich have discovered by means of innovative photoluminescence measurements.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
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