A phosphor is a substance that exhibits the phenomenon of luminescence; it emits light when exposed to some type of radiant energy. The term is used both...
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Cathode-ray tube (redirect from Phosphor persistence)
brighter rare earth phosphors began replacing dimmer and cadmium-containing red and green phosphors. Eventually blue phosphors were replaced as well...
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Phosphor bronze is a member of the family of copper alloys. It is composed of copper that is alloyed with 0.5–11% of tin and 0.01–0.35% phosphorus, and...
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Light-emitting diode (section Phosphor-based LEDs)
obtained by using multiple semiconductors or a layer of light-emitting phosphor on the semiconductor device. Appearing as practical electronic components...
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Screen burn-in (redirect from Phosphor burn)
that no one area of the screen remained illuminated for too long. With phosphor-based electronic visual displays (i.e. CRT-type computer monitors, oscilloscope...
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Phosphor bands were introduced on British stamps from 1959 as a replacement for the previous graphite lined stamps as an aid in the mechanical sorting...
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In phosphors and scintillators, the activator is the element added as dopant to the crystal of the material to create desired type of nonhomogeneities...
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Monochrome monitor (section Phosphor limitations)
alternating-intensity red, green, and blue phosphors, monochrome monitors have only one color of phosphor (mono means "one", and chrome means "color")...
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phosphor material, light is emitted through the process of phosphorescence. The overall process of using a radioactive material to excite a phosphor and...
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vapor, which produces short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor coating on the inside of the lamp to glow. A fluorescent lamp converts...
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Phosphor thermometry is an optical method for surface temperature measurement. The method exploits luminescence emitted by phosphor material. Phosphors...
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Photostimulated luminescence (redirect from Photostimulable Phosphor Plate)
Photostimulated luminescence (PSL) is the release of stored energy within a phosphor by stimulation with visible light, to produce a luminescent signal. X-rays...
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fluorobromide doped with europium (BaFBr:Eu) or caesium bromide (CsBr) phosphor. The phosphor detector records the X-ray energy during exposure and is scanned...
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Calcium phosphate (redirect from Calcium phosphate phosphor)
The term calcium phosphate refers to a family of materials and minerals containing calcium ions (Ca2+) together with inorganic phosphate anions. Some so-called...
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Laser-powered phosphor display (LPD) is a large-format display technology similar to the cathode-ray tube (CRT). Prysm, Inc., a video wall designer and...
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radioluminescent phosphor chemical. The radioisotope continually decays, emitting radiation particles which strike molecules of the phosphor, exciting them...
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a 45 degree line was drawn. The 740's CRT used a short persistence P11 phosphor. The film used was 35 mm and was stored in a magazine that could hold up...
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contains tritium and a phosphor. As tritium decays, it emits beta particles; these strike the phosphor, causing the phosphor to give off photons, much...
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Chrysoritis phosphor, the scarce scarlet or golden flash, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Roland Trimen in...
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(caused by ternary compositions of rare-earth phosphors) in the R,G,B regions of the visible spectrum. The phosphor weights can be tuned to achieve the desired...
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List of light sources (redirect from Laser excited phosphor)
laser – Type of gas laser Laser diode – Semiconductor laser Laser excited phosphor – Devices and processes that produce lightPages displaying short descriptions...
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Euphaedra phosphor is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in western Tanzania, Burundi and the south-eastern part of the Democratic Republic...
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ray tube, but operating at much lower voltages. Each tube in a VFD has a phosphor-coated carbon anode that is bombarded by electrons emitted from the cathode...
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In cathode-ray tube (CRT) terms, a triad is a group of 3 phosphor dots coloured red, green, and blue on the inside of the CRT display of a computer monitor...
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mask is a metal plate punched with tiny holes that separate the colored phosphors in the layer behind the front glass of the screen. Shadow masks are made...
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Strontium aluminate (category Phosphors and scintillators)
(e.g. europium, written as Eu:SrAl2O4), it acts as a photoluminescent phosphor with long persistence of phosphorescence. Strontium aluminates exist in...
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FC Phosphor is a football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. They participated in the 2018 Brunei-Muara District League. Their under-20 youth team...
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Laser diode (redirect from Laser Excited Phosphor)
printing, laser scanning and light beam illumination. With the use of a phosphor like that found on white LEDs, laser diodes can be used for general illumination...
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high-energy electrons accelerated by a strong electric field (as with the phosphors in electroluminescent displays). It has been recently shown that as a...
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Yttrium aluminium garnet (category Phosphors and scintillators)
and Er:YAG lasers, respectively. Cerium-doped YAG (Ce:YAG) is used as a phosphor in cathode ray tubes and white light-emitting diodes, and as a scintillator...
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