Publication details
LabVIEW-based control and data acquisition system for cathodoluminescence experiments
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Review of Scientific Instruments |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3662203 |
| Field | Solid matter physics and magnetism |
| Keywords | cathodoluminescence, data acquisition, virtual instrumentation, visual programming |
| Description | Computer automation of cathodoluminescence (CL) experiments using equipment developed in our laboratory is described. The equipment provides various experiments for CL efficiency, CL spectra, and CL time response studies. The automation was realized utilizing the graphical programming environment LabVIEW. The developed application software with procedures for equipment control and data acquisition during various CL experiments is presented. As the measured CL data are distorted by technical limitations of the equipment, such as equipment spectral sensitivity and time response, data correction algorithms were incorporated into the procedures. Some examples of measured data corrections are presented. |