The results of an investigation of the crystal phosphor Y2O2S:Er,Yb to determine the possibility of using it to measure the spectral resolution and to calibrate the wavelength scale of luminescence spectrometers are presented. The luminescence spectrum of the crystal phosphor was measured on three spectrofluorescence instruments when excited by a laser with λmax = 960 nm and with ultraviolet excitation with λmax = 383 nm, the optical arrangements of which differ considerably in the radiation recording channel. The difference in the wavelength positions of the maxima of the spectra of the neon lamp used for calibration and of the crystal phosphor investigated is estimated.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 7, pp. 67–69, July, 2010.
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Malenkov, I.V. The use of crystal phosphors based on rare-earth elements to determine the spectral resolution and to calibrate the wavelength scale of luminescence spectrometers. Meas Tech 53, 824–827 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-010-9583-x
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