7-11 July 2014
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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The design of a light-emitting-diode pulsing system for measurement of time-resolved luminescence

8 Jul 2014, 17:10
1h 50m
D Ring ground level

D Ring ground level

Board: F.33
Poster Presentation Track F - Applied Physics Poster1

Speaker

Mr Solomon A. Uriri (Rhodes University)

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

MSc

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A new light-emitting-diode (LED) pulsing system for measurement of time-resolved luminescence will be presented. The system has been designed for use with a set of blue light-emitting diodes as the stimulation light source. The LEDs are pulsed at various pulse width by signals from a 555-timer wired as a monostable multivibrator. The output pulse from the 555-timer is fed into an N7000 MOSFET to produce a pulse current of 500 mA to drive a set of 16 LEDs. This amount of current is sufficient to drive four sets of 4 LEDs with each LED driven at a maximum pulse current of 110 mA. A multichannel scaler (Ortec MCS-plusTM) is used to trigger the pulsing system and to record data at selectable dwell times. The system is designed for use on wide band gap insulators.

Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)?

Yes

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

yes

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Makaiko L. Chithambo. M.Chithambo@ru.ac.za / Rhodes University, PO BOX 94,Grahamstown 6140, South Africa

Primary author

Mr Solomon A. Uriri (Rhodes University)

Co-author

Prof. Makaiko L. Chithambo (Rhodes University)

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