Haahr Fenger (basketfield9)

This paper presents a new method for combined measurements of persistent luminescence (PersL), thermoluminescence (TL), and mechanoluminescence (ML) of luminescent materials in the micrometer scale. Both the hardware and software designs have been illustrated in detail, and the experimental procedures to execute the emission map, PersL, TL, and ML measurements have been demonstrated. The PersL, TL, and ML properties of the SrAl2O4Eu2+, Dy3+ micropowder, as well as the corresponding temperature variable emission spectra, have been measured. The results show good agreement with published investigations, indicating the accomplishment of designed functions. The instrument would be a powerful tool for exploring phosphorescent materials in the micrometer and smaller scales.We present an effective approach using a matched pair of polymer-based condenser-objective lenses to build a compact full-field x-ray microscope with a high spatial resolution. A unique condenser comprising arrays of high-aspect-ratio prisms with equilateral cross section is used for uniformly illuminating samples over a large field of view (FOV) from all angles, which match the acceptance of an objective made of interdigitated orthogonal rows of one-dimensional lenses. State-of-the-art Talbot grating interferometry used to characterize these lenses for the first time revealed excellent focusing properties and minimal wavefront distortions. Using a specific lens pair designed for 20 keV x rays, short-exposure times, and image registration with a cross-correlation technique, we circumvent vibrational instabilities to obtain distortion-free images with a uniform resolution of 240 nm (smallest resolvable line pair) over a large FOV, 80 × 80 µm2 in extent. The results were contrasted with those collected using commercial two-dimensional parabolic lenses with a smaller FOV. This approach implemented on a diffractometer would enable diffraction-contrast or dark-field microscopy for fast observations of "mesoscopic" phenomena in real space complementing reciprocal-space studies using diffraction on the same instrument.The application of giga-Pascal scale pressures has been widely used as a tool to systematically tune the properties of materials in order to access such general questions as the driving mechanisms underlying phase transitions. While there is a large and growing set of experimental tools successfully applied to high-pressure environments, the compatibility between diamond anvil cells and optical probes offers further potential for examining lattice, magnetic, and electronic states, along with their excitations. Here, we describe the construction of a highly efficient optical Raman spectrometer that enables measurements of magnetic excitations in single crystals down to energies of 9 cm-1 (1.1 meV or 13 K) at cryogenic temperatures and under pressures of tens of GPa.The application of electric thrusters on spacecrafts has become more and more extensive. Accurate, direct measurement of thrust is not only one of the most critical elements of electric thruster characterization but also one of the most difficult measurements to make in the ground test and verification of electric propulsion. It is hard to measure the thrust in a finite simulation environment due to small thrust and interference factors in the measurement. A cantilever beam thrust stand has been designed and tested in our propulsion laboratory. The device is used to measure the thrust of a plasma thruster multiple times a day. The thrust stand allows adjusting the instrument sensibility by changing the size of the cantilever beam. The range of thrust depends on the thrusters; e.g., for a 15 kg ion thruster, the thrust can vary from 10 mN up to 220 mN. Calibration of the system is carried out using calibrated mass. Genipin clinical trial The balance results are compared to the thrust calculated using electrical parameters, showing an agreement within 3.16%.Versatile high-power pulsed electron-b