We present sub-arcsec near-infrared 1.5 – 2.5 µm moderate resolution long-slit spectra of eight nearby Seyfert galaxies (z <0.01), both parallel to the ionization cone and perpendicular to it. These spectra complement similar data on six Seyferts, presented in Reunanen, Kotilainen & Prieto (2002), and are used to study the spatial extent of the line emission, integrated masses of excited H 2 an...

Front-face fluorescence spectroscopy, directly applied on honey samples, was used for the authentication of 11 unifloral and polyfloral honey types (n = 371 samples) previously classified using traditional methods such as chemical, pollen, and sensory analysis. Excitation spectra (220-400 nm) were recorded with the emission measured at 420 nm. In addition, emission spectra were recorded between...

Laser-induced excitation spectra recorded for the electric-quadrupole 3d(6)4s a6D(J)<--3d(5)4s2a6S(5/2) transitions of atomic Mn, allow assignment of the red emission features, previously observed in Mn/RG (RG=Ar, Kr and Xe) matrices with resonance 3d(5)4s4pz6P(5/2)<--3d(5)4s2 a6S(5/2) excitation, to the metastable a6D(9/2) state. Narrow excitation bands recorded for the red site in the Mn/Kr s...

We describe the emission spectral properties of two rhenium metal±ligand complexes with one and two-photon excitation, Re(bpy)2(CO)3Cl and [Re(bpy)(CO)3CH3CN] ‡, where bpy is 2,20-bipyridyl and CH3CN is acetonitrile. Similar emission spectra and intensity decay times characteristic of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer state were observed for oneand two-photon excitation. The lifetime and quan...

We describe the design, properties, and performance of an excitation–emission EE fluorimeter that enables spectral characterization of an object simultaneously with respect to both its excitation and its emission properties. Such devices require two wavelength-selecting elements, one in the optical path of the excitation broadband light to obtain tunable excitation and the other to analyze the ...

Semiconductor nanocrystals were prepared for use as fluorescent probes in biological staining and diagnostics. Compared with conventional fluorophores, the nanocrystals have a narrow, tunable, symmetric emission spectrum and are photochemically stable. The advantages of the broad, continuous excitation spectrum were demonstrated in a dual-emission, single-excitation labeling experiment on mouse...

Based on a fluorescence imaging model, the optical filters, such as excitation and emission filters, are determined by linear discriminant analysis. The discriminability is a quadratic Rayleigh quotient of one filter if the other filter is assumed to be constant. The optical filters are optimized alternatingly and iteratively by solving their generalized eigenvalue problems. The proposed method...

   Particles with the size of 1-100 nm are known as nanoparticles (NPs). The widespread use of silver NPs (AgNPs) makes it familiar in different industries. They have unique properties as a result of their high surface to volume ratio, although aggregation of NPs interferes with their functions. This phenomenon has several side effects on the environment, the amount of which may depend on t...

Substitution of frozen-thawed food products for fresh ones is a significant authenticity issue being extensively investigated over the past few years by various conventional methods, but little success has been achieved. Fluorescence spectroscopy sensitive and selective spectroscopic technique that widely applied recently to deal with quality issues. The based on excitation certain photosensiti...

Diffuse far-ultraviolet stellar emission scattered by dust grains has been observed in a region near the Orion Nebula. In addition to the scattered stellar continuum, emission and absorption features produced by molecular hydrogen have been identified. In this Letter, we present an analysis of this absorption and fluorescent emission from molecular hydrogen in Orion. We model the spectra obtain...