| System |
A computer-controlled spectrometer for measuring steady state luminescence spectra in the UV-NIR spectral range |
Computer-controlled spectrometer for measuring fluorescence lifetimes spanning the range from picoseconds to microseconds |
Computer-controlled spectrometer for measuring phosphorescence lifetimes spanning the range from microseconds to seconds |
| Mode of operation |
Single Photon Counting – Steady State Measurements |
Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) |
Time-Resolved Single Photon Counting – Multi-Channel Scaling (MCS) |
| Lifetime range |
Milliseconds to hours |
100 ps – 50 µs (nF920) 5 ps – 50 µs (fs laser/MCP-PMT) |
1 µs – 10 s (µF2) 10 ns – 10 s (pulsed laser) |
| Sensitivity |
>25,000:1 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Excitation Sources |
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| Type |
450 W ozone-free xenon arc lamp |
Nanosecond flashlamp (nF920) |
Microsecond flashlamp (µF2) |
| Mode of operation |
Steady state |
TCSPC |
MCS |
| Spectral range |
230 nm – >1000 nm |
200 nm – >400 nm |
200 nm – >1000 nm |
| Pulse width |
n/a |
<1 ns |
1-2 µs |
| Options |
Ozone generating lamp with spectral range 200 nm – >1000 nm |
Picosecond pulsed diode lasers (EPL Series) and pulsed LEDs (EPLED Series) |
Low to medium repetition rate pulsed lasers |