Sensors 2006, 6(5), 514-525; doi:10.3390/s6050514
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Light Dependent Resistance as a Sensor in Spectroscopy Setups Using Pulsed Light and Compared with Electret Microphones

Derci Felix Da Silva 1 email and Daniel Acosta-Avalos 2,* email
1 Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D), Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, CEP 12244-000, São José dos Campos, SP, Brasil 2 entro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, R. Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, CEP 22290-180, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 1 February 2006; in revised form: 27 April 2006 / Accepted: 9 May 2006 / Published: 9 May 2006
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Abstract: 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.
Keywords: LDR; electret microphone; photoacoustic; pulsed light.

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Da Silva, D.F.; Acosta-Avalos, D. Light Dependent Resistance as a Sensor in Spectroscopy Setups Using Pulsed Light and Compared with Electret Microphones. Sensors 2006, 6, 514-525.

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Da Silva DF, Acosta-Avalos D. Light Dependent Resistance as a Sensor in Spectroscopy Setups Using Pulsed Light and Compared with Electret Microphones. Sensors. 2006; 6(5):514-525.

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Da Silva, Derci F.; Acosta-Avalos, Daniel. 2006. "Light Dependent Resistance as a Sensor in Spectroscopy Setups Using Pulsed Light and Compared with Electret Microphones." Sensors 6, no. 5: 514-525.

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