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A Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope For Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Spectroscopy With Diffraction-Limited Spatial Resolution

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Author(s)

J E. Sanabia, S N. Goldie

Abstract

We discuss our design for a laser-scanning confocal microscope that will provide fluorescence images with diffraction-limited spatial resolution and spectral information. An achromatic design allows UV excitation while visible to 1000 nm emission is collected. A liquid nitrogen-cooled CCD spectrometer can record spectra over long periods of exposure. A liquid nitrogen vacuum cryostat allows the sample to be held in vacuum at fixed temperatures betwen 80 K and 325 K. We will employ this apparatus to investigate photoluminescence from individual semiconducting nanostructures, local environments in polymeric and biological materials, and interfaces of heterogeneous polymer blends.
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A Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope For Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Spectroscopy With Diffraction-Limited Spatial Resolution
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Keywords

laser-scanning confocal microscope

Citation

Sanabia, J. and Goldie, S. (2002), A Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope For Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Spectroscopy With Diffraction-Limited Spatial Resolution, A Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope For Ultraviolet Photoluminescence Spectroscopy With Diffraction-Limited Spatial Resolution (Accessed July 27, 2024)

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Created February 1, 2002, Updated February 17, 2017