A faster, more efficient imaging system for nanoparticles
A new technique developed at INRS pushes back some of the limits of the infrared imaging of rare-earth doped nanoparticles.
- A new technique developed at INRS pushes back some of the limits of the infrared imaging of rare-earth doped nanoparticles.
- It consists of a high-precision, short-wave infrared imaging technique capable of capturing the photoluminescence lifetimes of rare-earth doped nanoparticles in the micro- to millisecond range.
- What's more, the photoluminescence lifetime of nanoparticles doped with these ions has the advantage of being minimally affected by external conditions.
- Finally, in fundamental science, these unprecedented results will allow scientists to synthesize rare-earth nanoparticles with even more interesting optical properties.