From: hwabnig@.-   
      
   On Mon, 9 Dec 2013 12:31:07 -0800 (PST), laloum.eric@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >Thank you,   
   >   
   > I'll have a look on this UV100 device...   
   >   
   >Phil, your remark on the detector surface is indeed really the critical issue   
   for my project.   
   >The fluorescence emitter is somehow "enclosed" in a "box" which surface is   
   covered by mirrors that should direct the light onto the detector surface. In   
   virtue of the Etendue conservation principle, I presume that I need either a   
   very large area    
   detector with small acceptance angle or a small area detector but with very   
   large acceptance angle. I've contacted APD and SiPM vendors in order to get   
   this "collection angle" information but they apparently do not test it !   
   >   
   >I was wondering if using non-imaging optical elements like tapered fiber   
   bundle, I could "concentrate" more efficiently the fluorescence emission into   
   my detector.   
   >Such taper bundle are used in Streak camera for instance in order to couple   
   the 25mm phosphor to 18 mm CCD readout.   
   >   
   >Best regards,   
   >   
   > Eric   
   What colour is the fluorescence?   
   Optical fibers introduce thier own fluorescence if exposed to UV.   
      
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