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WHAT IS CL
  • Introduction
    • What is CL?
    • Why use CL?
    • Modes of Operation
      • Unfiltered
      • Wavelength-Resolved
      • Wavelength-Filtered
      • Angular-Resolved (ARCL)
      • Polarization
      • Time-Resolved
      • Wavelength- and Angle-Resolved (WARCL)
      • Infrared Wavelengths
      • Ultraviolet Wavelengths
  • Applications
    • Rocks, Minerals, & Gems
      • Meteorites
      • Sedimentary Rocks
      • Carbonate Rocks
      • Economically Important
      • Quartz
      • Zircons
    • Semiconductors
      • Process Development
      • Nanostructure Characterization
      • Device Characterization
        • LEDs
        • MicroLED Displays
        • Laser Diodes
        • Photovoltaics
    • Nanophotonics
      • Plasmonics
      • Metamaterials
      • Photonic Structures
    • Ceramics, Oxides, & Nitrides
      • Phosphors
      • Oxides & Nitrides
      • Dielectric Materials
      • Engineering Ceramics
    • Radiations
    • Organic Molecules
      • Biological Specimens
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Polymers
  • How To
    • Getting Ready
      • Sample Preparation
      • Microscope Setup
      • Alignment
        • For Monarc
        • For MonoCL and ChromaCL
        • For Vulcan
      • Technique Selection
    • Spatial Mapping
      • Alignment for Mapping
      • Collecting Maps
      • Optimizing Maps
    • Spectroscopy
      • Alignment for Spectroscopy
      • Collecting Spectra
      • Optimizing Spectra
    • Emission Patterns
      • Alignment for Emission Patterns
      • Collecting Emission Patterns
      • Optimizing Emission Patterns
    • Spectrum Imaging
      • Wavelength-Filtered SI
      • Wavelength/Angle-Resolved SI
        • SEM/STEM SI Setup
        • Survey Image
        • Select and Survey ROI
        • Flow Control
        • Visual Feedback
        • Adjustments
      • Advanced SI
    • Analyze
      • Origins of Contrast
      • Luminescence Spectra
      • Least-Square Fitting
        • Single Spectrum
        • Spectrum Image
        • NLLS Models
        • NLLS Setup Palette
      • Tips & Tricks
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  • Rocks, Minerals, & Gems
    • Meteorites
    • Sedimentary Rocks
    • Carbonate Rocks
    • Economically Important
    • Quartz
    • Zircons
  • Semiconductors
    • Process Development
    • Nanostructure Characterization
    • Device Characterization
      • LEDs
      • MicroLED Displays
      • Laser Diodes
      • Photovoltaics
  • Nanophotonics
    • Plasmonics
    • Metamaterials
    • Photonic Structures
  • Ceramics, Oxides, & Nitrides
    • Phosphors
    • Oxides & Nitrides
    • Dielectric Materials
    • Engineering Ceramics
  • Radiations
  • Organic Molecules
    • Biological Specimens
    • Pharmaceuticals
    • Polymers
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Applications

Rocks, Minerals, & Gems

Rocks, Minerals, & Gems

Reconstruct geological processes from a crystal's real structure and trace element chemistry. Discover the features of minerals that characterize the conditions of formation and alteration.

  • Meteorites
  • Sedimentary Rocks
  • Carbonate Rocks
  • Economically Important
  • Quartz
  • Zircons

Semiconductors

Quantitatively determine the presence (and type) of crystal defects plus variations in composition or changes in elastic strain maps. Understand the electronic structure of a material or device and the recombination processes.

  • Process Development
  • Nanostructure Characterization
  • Device Characterization

Nanophotonics

Interrogate optical processes and how light and matter interact far below the optical diffraction limit. Characterize the local density of nanostructures' electromagnetic states and the emission's directionality and polarization.

  • Plasmonics
  • Metamaterials
  • Photonic Structures

Ceramics, Oxides, & Nitrides

Interrogate the optical and electronic properties of functional ceramics that are important in applications ranging from displays to electronics to solar-blind photodetectors. Differentiate crystal phases or polymorphs and reveal the presence and distribution of crystal defects and dopants.

  • Phosphors
  • Oxides & Nitrides
  • Dielectric Materials
  • Engineering Ceramics

Transition & Cherenkov Radiation

Use the microscope's electron beam as a nanoscale excitation source for Cherenkov and transition radiations to enable investigation of charged particle interactions with a solid.

Organic Molecules

Leverage the luminescence signature dependent on a molecule's chemical structure and crystalline form to rapidly map the distribution of organic molecules with sub-100 nm spatial resolution.

  • Biological Specimens
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Polymers

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