SETTING UP OF A PHOTON COUNTER WITH FEEBLE LIGHT FROM LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES

Authors
BANERJI P BANERJEE D BHATTACHARYA R
Citation
P. Banerji et al., SETTING UP OF A PHOTON COUNTER WITH FEEBLE LIGHT FROM LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, 32(10), 1994, pp. 849-851
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00195596
Volume
32
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
849 - 851
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-5596(1994)32:10<849:SUOAPC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Light emitting diodes (LEDs) of different colours operated at low curr ents have been used as sources of feeble light for setting up of a pho ton counter. The intensities of light emitted from these LEDs have bee n measured with a photomultiplier tube (PMT) as a function of current through them. The light emitted from the red and green LEDs over a cur rent range 50 muA to 6 mA are found to be linear. Therefore, these LED s are best suited for setting up of a photon counter.