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A simple and portable multi-channel pyrometer allowing temperature measurements down to 800 K on the microsecond scale

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Publication Date2018-12-01
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
AuthorsJeffrey Montgomery, M. J. Lipp, Zs. Jenei, Yue Meng, W.J. Evans
InstitutionsCarnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory
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The measurement of transient temperatures less than 1000 K for samples in laser-heated diamond anvil cells remains a challenge. Here we present the design and performance characteristics of a multi-channel pyrometer that works in the near-infrared from 1200 to 2000 nm. It has a relatively small footprint, is portable, requires only low voltage power supplies, and can report temperatures down to 800 K on the millisecond scale or faster. A single data point without averaging can be acquired in 14 µs (sampling rate of 7 kilosamples per second). In conjunction with a diamond anvil cell, the system delivers accurate and rapid measurements down to ∼830 K. The pyrometer has been successfully interfaced several times with the combined x-ray diffraction and laser heating system at the High Pressure Collaborative Access Team at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratories.

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