• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 7, Issue 1, 64 (2014)
Weiwei ZHANG*, Yiqing GAO, and Xingdao HE
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Nondestructive Testing, Ministry of Education, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-013-0369-z Cite this Article
    Weiwei ZHANG, Yiqing GAO, Xingdao HE. Boltzmann constant determined by fluorescent spectroscopy for verifying thermometers[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2014, 7(1): 64 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    As is always accompanying temperature in physics fundamental principles, Boltzmann constant kB can be used to verify the accuracy of a thermometer. This paper presents a photoluminescent method to measure kB via temperature dependent fluorescence of phosphors. Diagram of a phosphor’s energy levels was simplified to illustrate the principle of measurement. The relationship between kB and h*c (Planck constant h multiplying light speed in vacuum c) was experimentally derived. Finally, the determined kB was 1.38065×10-23 J/K. The determination could give a value of (1.38±0.1)×10-23 J/K even when the in-use spectrometer was with a poor resolution as about 2 nm. At the end, optimization of measuring conditions for the determination process was suggested.
    Weiwei ZHANG, Yiqing GAO, Xingdao HE. Boltzmann constant determined by fluorescent spectroscopy for verifying thermometers[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2014, 7(1): 64
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