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Powder diffraction studies with neutrons are perfonned both at nuclear reactors and at spallation sources. In both cases a cylindrical sample is observed by multiple detectors or, in some cases, by a curved, position-sensitive detector. In a powder diffractometer at a reactor, collimators and detectors at many different 20 angles are scaimed over small angular ranges to fill in the pattern. At a spallation source, pulses of neutrons of different wavelengdis strike the sample at different times and detectors at different angles see the entire powder pattern, also at different times. These slightly displaced patterns are then time focused , either by electronic hardware or by software in the subsequent data analysis. 

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A spectrometer with rapid response electronics should be used for electrothermal atomization, as it must follow the transient absorption event in the tube. Automatic simultaneous background correction (see Section 2.2.5.2) is virtually essential, as non-specific absorption problems are very severe. It is important that the continuum light follows exactly the same path through the furnace as the radiation from the line source (assuming a deuterium lamp is being used rather than Smith-Hieftje or Zeeman effect). The time interval between the two source pulses should be as short as possible (a chopping frequency of at least 50 Hz) because of the transient nature of the signal. 

The emission lifetime is often used to determine surface temperature with the advantage that the technique is insensitive to blackbody background. This technique requires excitation by a pulsed source, the persistence of the resulting fluorescence can be observed providing that the length of the source pulse is much shorter than the persistence time of the phosphor s fluorescence. For certain phosphors, the prompt fluorescence decay time (t) varies as a function of temperature and is deflned by ... 

Most of the studies in this decade were carried out with conventional single source mass spectrometers, which limited the kind and accuracy of the information. During the next decade, however, various sophisticated techniques for the study of ion—molecule reactions, such as tandem mass spectrometers, photoionization sources, pulsed sources, flowing afterglow and drift tube methods, crossed and merging beams and ion cyclotron resonance, have been developed. Much detailed information on various aspects of ion—molecule reactions has accumulated, and this has consequently stimulated the theoretical studies as well. This decade was, so to speak, the second epoch in the history of ion—molecule studies. 

MSP Mass-spectrometer ion source—pulse technique. TOP Time-of-flight mass analysis. LP Low-pressure experiment < 10 /xm. MP Medium-pressure experiment < 100 /im. HP High-pressure experiment > 100 /im. ICR Ion cyclotron resonance. CR Constant repeller field—variable reaction time. IMP Impulse technique. PPE Pulsed product ion ejection. MS Mass-spectrometer ion source. 

As was mentioned earlier, there can be no more than one photon detected per 50-100 source pulses. Electronics for SPG only allows detection of the first arriving photon. Once this photon is detected, the dead time in the electronics prevents detection of another photon resulting from the same excitation pulse. The apparent decay time becomes shorter as the number of arriving photons increases because the TAG is stopped by the first arriving photon. The pulse pileup problem is being solved to some extent by the development of dedicated electronic detection... 

The TOF is the most widely used analyzer for SIMS experiments. The TOF is based on the measurement of the time elapsed between the impact of the pulsed primary beam on the sample surface and the detection of the emitted secondary ions by the ion detector. The flight time of ions with different m/z (typically larger than 1 ps) is proportional to the ratio itself and is used to analyze the different ions. TOF analyzers are often used in conjunction with pulsed primary ion sources because the latter offer the possibility to synchronize the ion detection with the primary ion source pulse frequency. Reflectron TOF analyzers compensate for the secondary ion kinetic energy dispersion by using an electrostatic mirror that gradually reflects ions with the same m/z but with different kinetic energy. 

The signal source pulse I (t) was simply a rectangular pulse of 1-msec duration. Pulse amplitude could be varied from 0 to 10 V peak without overloading the amplifier system or affecting the linear range of the electrode polarization impedance. In each of the photographic records which follow. 

Hence, a plot of In [ A] versus time (t) should give a straight line with a slope of 1/Xf. The value of [ A] is determined from the fluorescence intensity. Experimentally, lifetime measurements are obtained using a pulsed laser source. Pulsing leads to the population of the excited state of A, followed by emission of light by A with a time profile according to Equation [4]. Figure 5 shows a schematic description of a luminescence decay curve (A) and the plot used for the determination of the excited state lifetime (B). 

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