A Novel, Rapid Scan Spectrophotometer for near Infrared Spectroscopy

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (A) ◽  
pp. A159-A162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Light Level ◽  
Stray Light ◽  
Time Averaging ◽  
Spectral Measurements ◽  
Single Beam ◽  
Rapid Scan ◽  
Visible Wavelength Range ◽  
Infrared Spectral

An innovative rapid scan monochromator so far routinely utilized in the visible wavelength range has been shown to be adaptable to the near infrared spectral region, as well. The number of optical and mechanical components is reduced to a minimum resulting in excellent light-throughput, a low stray-light level, low cost, compactness and rigidity. The spectrometer has been designed to allow all kinds of spectral measurements such as absorption, transmission, fluorescence and reflection in a single beam mode. A computer-program allowing data acquisition, control and calibration functions as well as real time averaging and life display of spectra on the computer screen has been developed.

scholarly journals Near-infrared spectral measurements and multivariate analysis for predicting glass contamination of refuse-derived fuel

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 943-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Winn ◽  
Kiran Thekkemadathil Sivaram ◽  
Ioanna Aslanidou ◽  
Jan Skvaril ◽  
Konstantinos Kyprianidis
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Spectral Measurements ◽  
Refuse Derived Fuel ◽  
Infrared Spectral

scholarly journals Laser refrigeration of hydrothermal nanocrystals in physiological media

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (49) ◽  
pp. 15024-15029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paden B. Roder ◽  
Bennett E. Smith ◽  
Xuezhe Zhou ◽  
Matthew J. Crane ◽  
Peter J. Pauzauskie
Keyword(s):  
Excited States ◽  
Single Molecule ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Local Cooling ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Single Beam ◽  
Electronic Excited States

Coherent laser radiation has enabled many scientific and technological breakthroughs including Bose–Einstein condensates, ultrafast spectroscopy, superresolution optical microscopy, photothermal therapy, and long-distance telecommunications. However, it has remained a challenge to refrigerate liquid media (including physiological buffers) during laser illumination due to significant background solvent absorption and the rapid (∼ps) nonradiative vibrational relaxation of molecular electronic excited states. Here we demonstrate that single-beam laser trapping can be used to induce and quantify the local refrigeration of physiological media by >10 °C following the emission of photoluminescence from upconverting yttrium lithium fluoride (YLF) nanocrystals. A simple, low-cost hydrothermal approach is used to synthesize polycrystalline particles with sizes ranging from <200 nm to >1 μm. A tunable, near-infrared continuous-wave laser is used to optically trap individual YLF crystals with an irradiance on the order of 1 MW/cm2. Heat is transported out of the crystal lattice (across the solid–liquid interface) by anti-Stokes (blue-shifted) photons following upconversion of Yb3+ electronic excited states mediated by the absorption of optical phonons. Temperatures are quantified through analysis of the cold Brownian dynamics of individual nanocrystals in an inhomogeneous temperature field via forward light scattering in the back focal plane. The cold Brownian motion (CBM) analysis of individual YLF crystals indicates local cooling by >21 °C below ambient conditions in D2O, suggesting a range of potential future applications including single-molecule biophysics and integrated photonic, electronic, and microfluidic devices.

Metastructures for the Giant Enhancement of Raman Scattering in the Near Infrared Spectral Range

JETP Letters ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
V. I. Kukushkin ◽  
V. E. Kirpichev ◽  
E. N. Morozova ◽  
V. V. Solov’ev ◽  
Ya. V. Fedotova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raman Scattering ◽  
Spectral Range ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Spectral Range ◽  
Infrared Spectral

scholarly journals ALD Deposited ZnO:Al Films on Mica for Flexible PDLC Devices

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1011
Author(s):  
Dimitre Z. Dimitrov ◽  
Zih Fan Chen ◽  
Vera Marinova ◽  
Dimitrina Petrova ◽  
Chih Yao Ho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Near Infrared ◽  
Atomic Layer ◽  
Optical Transmittance ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Flexible Polymer ◽  
Layer Deposition ◽  
Polymer Dispersed ◽  
Muscovite Mica ◽  
Infrared Spectral ◽  
Continuous Bending

In this work, highly conductive Al-doped ZnO (AZO) films are deposited on transparent and flexible muscovite mica substrates by using the atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. AZO-mica structures possess high optical transmittance at visible and near-infrared spectral range and retain low electric resistivity, even after continuous bending of up to 800 cycles. Structure performances after bending tests have been supported by atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis. Based on performed optical and electrical characterizations AZO films on mica are implemented as transparent conductive electrodes in flexible polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) devices. The measured electro-optical characteristics and response time of the proposed devices reveal the higher potential of AZO-mica for future ITO-free flexible optoelectronic applications.

scholarly journals Phenotypic and genetic variation of ultraviolet–visible-infrared spectral wavelengths of bovine meat

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Bittante ◽  
Simone Savoia ◽  
Alessio Cecchinato ◽  
Sara Pegolo ◽  
Andrea Albera
Keyword(s):  
Meat Quality ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Infrared Region ◽  
Phenotypic Variance ◽  
Quality Traits ◽  
Meat Quality Traits ◽  
Infrared Spectral ◽  
Portable Spectrometers ◽  
Absorbance Spectra

AbstractSpectroscopic predictions can be used for the genetic improvement of meat quality traits in cattle. No information is however available on the genetics of meat absorbance spectra. This research investigated the phenotypic variation and the heritability of meat absorbance spectra at individual wavelengths in the ultraviolet–visible and near-infrared region (UV–Vis-NIR) obtained with portable spectrometers. Five spectra per instrument were taken on the ribeye surface of 1185 Piemontese young bulls from 93 farms (13,182 Herd-Book pedigree relatives). Linear animal model analyses of 1481 single-wavelengths from UV–Vis-NIRS and 125 from Micro-NIRS were carried out separately. In the overlapping regions, the proportions of phenotypic variance explained by batch/date of slaughter (14 ± 6% and 17 ± 7%,), rearing farm (6 ± 2% and 5 ± 3%), and the residual variances (72 ± 10% and 72 ± 5%) were similar for the UV–Vis-NIRS and Micro-NIRS, but additive genetics (7 ± 2% and 4 ± 2%) and heritability (8.3 ± 2.3% vs 5.1 ± 0.6%) were greater with the Micro-NIRS. Heritability was much greater for the visible fraction (25.2 ± 11.4%), especially the violet, blue and green colors, than for the NIR fraction (5.0 ± 8.0%). These results allow a better understanding of the possibility of using the absorbance of visible and infrared wavelengths correlated with meat quality traits for the genetic improvement in beef cattle.

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