Light Dependent Resistance as a Sensor in Spectroscopy Setups Using Pulsed Light and Compared with Electret Microphones

Autor: Daniel Acosta-Avalos, Derci Felix da Silva
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 6, Iss 5, Pp 514-525 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s6050514
Popis: Light-dependent resistances (LDR) are cheap light sensors. A less known lightdetector is the electret microphone, whose electret membrane functions as a perfectabsorber, but only detects pulsed light. The aim of this study was to analyze the use of aLDR and an electret microphone as a light sensor in an optical spectroscopy system usingpulsed light. A photoacoustic spectroscopy setup was used, substituting the photoacousticchamber by the light sensor proposed. The absorption spectra of two different liquids wereanalyzed. The results obtained allow the recommendation of the LDR as the first choice inthe construction of cheap homemade pulsed light spectroscopy systems.
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