FLUORESCENCE TIME DECAY SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME

• Main Authors: REEVES, Nicholas, JAMES, Daryl, BALAJI, Sharada
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.09.2020
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; MEASURING TEMPERATURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING

A fluorescence sensor for use in phosphor thermometry is provided, the sensor comprising: an optical light guide which includes a distal end; and a sensing element, the sensing element attached to the distal end or located proximate to the distal end and in alignment with the distal end, the sensing element including a polycrystalline nanocomposite which includes at least one host, at least one dopant and at least one filler. L'invention concerne un capteur de fluorescence destiné à être utilisé dans la thermométrie au phosphore, le capteur comprenant : un guide de lumière optique qui comprend une extrémité distale ; et un élément de détection, l'élément de détection étant fixé à l'extrémité distale ou situé à proximité de l'extrémité distale et aligné avec l'extrémité distale, l'élément de détection comprenant un nanocomposite polycristallin qui comprend au moins un hôte, au moins un dopant et au moins une charge.