Fluorescence time decay sensing apparatus and methods of manufacturing same
AssigneeOsensa Innovations Corp.
InventorsDaryl JAMES, Sharada BALAJI, Nicholas REEVES
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Abstract
A fluorescence sensor for use in phosphor thermometry is provided, the sensor comprising: an optical light guide which includes a distal end; and a sensing element, the sensing element attached to the distal end or located proximate to the distal end and in alignment with the distal end, the sensing element including a polycrystalline nanocomposite which includes at least one host, at least one dopant and at least one filler.
Claims22
Use of inorganic oxygen containing filler as a stabilizer of fluorescence response in a fluorescence sensor element for reducing a drift and hysteresis of measurements of the fluorescence response.
The use of inorganic oxygen containing filler of claim 9, wherein a concentration of the silicon dioxide powder is from about 0.1% to about 10% w/w.
An inorganic oxygen containing filler for use in stabilizing a fluorescence response of a fluorescence sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.