Abstract
An efficient and portable method for remote detection of a target mineral material through frequency domain fluorimetry, a detection technique that measures the time lag between absorption and emission of photons, thereby determining the lifetime of said target mineral material. As claimed and disclosed in the present invention, mercury vapor lamps, a common source of industrial facility lighting, emit radiation that overlaps the UV/blue absorption spectrum of many fluorophores and may be used as an efficient and portable excitation source for remote frequency domain fluorimetry.
Document Type
Patent
Status
Issued
Issue Date
3-27-2012
Patent Number
US 8143597 B1 [8,143,597]
CPC Classification
G01N21/6408
Application number
12/353015
Assignees
Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US)
Filing Date
1-13-2009
Recommended Citation
Bohn, Matthew J., and Michael A. Lundin. Remote Sensing Phase Fluorimetry Using Mercury Vapor Lamp. United States Patent 8143597 (B1), issued 27 March 2012. https://scholar.afit.edu/patents/42
Included in
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Commons, Materials Chemistry Commons, Optics Commons