October 26, 2023
In this Technical Note, the importance of cleaning sintered PTFE reference plugs in explained. It also shows how to clean these reference materials for thee reliability of your quantum yield measurements.
June 29, 2023
In this Technical Note, the near-infrared (NIR) PMT options for the FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer are compared. The advantages and disadvantages of thermoelectric versus liquid nitrogen cooling and 1400 nm versus 1700 nm upper detection limits are discussed.
June 9, 2023
In this technical note, we explain how to estimate the width of the instrument response function and how relates to the minimum measurable lifetime in the FLS1000.
May 17, 2023
The MicroPL Upgrade for the FLS1000 and FS5 photoluminescence spectrometers enables widefield imaging, single point spectra and lifetime, and lifetime imaging of microscopic photoluminescent samples.
April 18, 2023
This Technical Note provides an overview of the specifications and performance of the High-Speed Hybrid Photodetector (HS-HPD).
August 4, 2022
Fast Mapping in Ramacle® enables the user to acquire Raman maps with significantly reduced acquisition times via more efficient stage movement. This Software Highlight details how it works and when the user should use it to decrease mapping times.
June 30, 2021
In this technical note, an Edinburgh Instruments FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer was used to acquire the fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra of a fluorescent emitter at 100 K.
February 19, 2021
Time-correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) is the method of choice for measuring fluorescence lifetimes due to its excellent time-resolution. TCSPC can be thought of as a very fast stopwatch with two inputs (Figure 1)...
December 15, 2020
The photomultiplier tube (PMT) is the detector of choice for high performance fluorescence spectrometers such as the Edinburgh Instruments FLS1000, due to its excellent light sensitivity and ability to be used for both steady-state and time-resolved measurements...
January 23, 2020
In this technical note we describe the operation of Batch Mode and demonstrate two examples where it is useful: temperature maps of anisotropy and measurements on multiple samples.
