Characterization of Fluorescent Phosphors for Low Cost Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Measuring Instrumentation

最近对臭氧层耗尽的关切突出表明需要改进测量太阳紫外线的仪器。拟议的计划将导致开发在当前科学感兴趣的紫外区具有光谱灵敏度的低成本探测器。探测器将基于荧光粉技术。在该计划的第一阶段，将选择适当的无机荧光荧光粉，并充分表征其效率和光谱响应随温度、颗粒大小和层厚度的函数。探测器的最后机械和电子设计将在第二阶段进行。

Recent concern over the depletion of the ozone layer has highlighted the need for improved instrumentation for measuring solar ultraviolet light. The proposed program would lead to the development of low cost detectors with spectral sensitivities in the UV regions of current scientific interest. The detectors would be based on fluorescent phosphor technology. In Phase I of the program the appropriate inorganic fluorescing phosphors would be selected and their efficiency and spectral responses fully characterized as a function of temperature, grain size and layer thickness. The final mechanical and electronic design of the detectors would be carried out in Phase II.