Analytical relations for luminescence intensities accounting for reabsorption

Mathematical relations defining distortions from true values of photoluminescence intensities that arise during measurements due to absorption at the luminescence frequencies are derived for various experimental designs. The adequacy of the derived relations is confirmed by special experiments. The relations allow one to define correctly the contours, widths, and maximum frequencies of luminescence bands of absorbing media and to deduce absorption coefficients of substances from luminescence measurements. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 788–795, November–December, 2008.