A Modified Method for Correcting Instrumental Spectrum of High Hurity Germanium Detector

The paper considers an improved method for correcting the instrumental spectrum of a high purity germanium detector (HPGe detector) in the energy range (10–300 keV). The method uses a detector response matrix obtained by the Monte Carlo method, which allows to bring the appearance of the instrumental spectrum of the HPGe detector closer to its true shape by minimizing the influence of the detector response function. The main difference of this method from analogs is the additional deconvolution algorithm of the corrected spectrum, which makes it possible to obtain a smooth curve at the output.

In Depth Analysis on the Excitation Spectrum of SrS: Eu2+, Dy3+

The long persistent phosphor SrS: Eu2+, Dy3+ was prepared by hydrothermal method. The crystalline structure was characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The experimental excitation spectrum was carried out with Flurolog-3 fluorescent spectrometer. The results show that there are seven sharp sub-peaks on the wide band spectrum. This paper focuses on the origin of the seven peaks. Rhodamine B standard solution was used to confirmed that these peaks correspond to the light source (Xe lamp) emission in Flurolog-3 fluorescent spectrometer. The excitation spectrum of Eu2+ in SrS: Eu2+, Dy3+ was corrected with Rhodamine B. It was found that the corrected spectrum was quite different from the experimental spectrum.

Simplified Calibration of Instrument Response Function for Raman Spectrometers Based on Luminescent Intensity Standards

Published Raman spectra are rarely corrected for variations in spectrometer sensitivity across the Raman spectrum, which leads to often severe distortion of relative peak intensities that impede calibration transfer and library searching. A method was developed that uses the known luminescence of standards which fluoresce in response to laser irradiation. Since the standards are observed with the same sampling geometry as the Raman sample of interest, their spectra are subject to the same instrumental response function. After one-time calibration of the standards' fluorescence output against a known tungsten source, the unknown Raman spectrum may be corrected for instrumental response by a simple formula. In practice, the user need only run the standard under the same conditions as the Raman sample, then apply a short GRAMS algorithm. The approach is demonstrated for coumarin 540a and Kopp 2412 glass standards, with 514.5- and 785-nm laser light, respectively. Once the corrected spectrum is in hand, the absolute Raman cross section of a given Raman feature may be determined by comparison to known scatterers such as benzene.