spectrometer-design
spectrometer-design


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MrBumper "Thanks Matthew, that's good to know. I suppose the IR response might be better if both the lens filter and the dye on the grating weren't present. ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
mathew "No, it doesn't have the filter removed. We've done it in the past, but when it gets down to it we haven't found the IR response to be good enough ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
MrBumper "Following my repeat experiment I have been thinking about the IR response of the PL spectrometer. I haven't been that concerned about it because it..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
mathew "replication! nice! I want to try this out too. I'm going to throw a binder clip in the kit- great idea!- much better than taping it down for re-ad..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
MrBumper "Thank you very much. I'm sorry if my initial response seemed overly protective of my results. I hope I don't wind up like Fleischmann and Pons ! I ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
cfastie "This is a great discussion, and of a type that is rare on this site. Usually the question being asked, the methods used to answer it, and the resul..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
mathew "this is awesome! there should be two green peaks. we need to re-work the calibration procedure now that our equipment is sensitive enough to see ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
btbonval "I agree that looking over repeats will be difficult. I think it is worth it to draw any conclusions. As much as I like your experiment, the lack o..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
MrBumper "OK but my intention was not to measure inaccuracy / repeatability in the wavelength measurement, or highlight any errors in the Spectral Workbench ..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
btbonval "Good point on the potential for software to warp the x-axis. "Repeating the capture several times and trying to plot the results together could we..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
MrBumper "The "squeezing" referred to in the previous comment is, I believe, actually a result of the way that Spectral Workbench uses the two reference poin..." | Read more » about 9 years ago
btbonval "This is a really great experiment. It looks like the distortion is a squeezed distortion, where the x-axis is shrunk around a point. That seems mo..." | Read more » about 9 years ago