Classical optical and spectroscopic characterization techniques

Luminescent materials: techniques of optical and spectroscopic characterization

Figure 6 - Broadband emission spectrum of a high-pressure
xenon vapour lamp (a ) and line spectrum of a standard mercury vapour
lamp (b ) (from ORIEL catalog).

Figure 7 - Grating monochromator operation

Figure 8 - Classic single-beam absorption set-up

Figure 10 - Spectral emittance and emissivity

Figure 11 - Scheme
for recording emission spectra and fluorescence lifetimes to limit
reabsorption effects (after [7])

Figure 12 - Illustration of the reabsorption phenomenon
(from [8])

Figure 13 - Set-up for measuring emission quantum
yields

Figure 14 - Excited-state absorption spectra recording
set-up based on pulsed light sources

Figure 15 - Recording setup for excited-state spectra
based on continuous light sources

Figure 18 - Shack-Hartmann interferometric analyzer
(after [13])

Figure 22 - Measurement of thermal and electronic
index variations using the pump-probe technique based on the Jamin-Lebedev
interferometer

Figure 23 - Measurement of thermal and electronic
index variations using the pump-probe technique for recording and
reading transient diffraction gratings