Non-Contact Luminescence Lifetime Microthermometry using Scintillation Sensors |
| V.B. Mykhaylyka, H. Kraus b and A. Wagner a
aDiamond Light Source Ltd, Harwell Science Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK bDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK |
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| The paper describes an original technique for non-contact in situ monitoring of the temperature developed for experiments in a vacuum environment at the tender X-ray beamline I23 of the Diamond Light Source. The sample temperature is established by determining the luminescence decay constant of a Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) scintillation sensor. BGO is ideally suited for a temperature range of 30 K to 130 K, in which its decay constant shows a strong temperature dependence. The principle of the method, system design and application examples are discussed and the performance and potential of the technique is assessed. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.133.1097 PACS numbers: 78.70.Ps |