Spectro‐Temporal Ratiometric Strategy for Thermally Invariant Optical Manometry
Optical manometry provides noncontact pressure sensing but remains vulnerable to temperature-induced drift, where thermal expansion and nonradiative relaxation distort luminescence spectra and kinetics. We develop a spectro-temporal ratiometric approach that combines spectral and time-gated luminescence channels to decouple pressure and temperature responses and realize thermally invariant optical manometry. Using Y<sub>3</sub>In<sub>2</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Cr<sup>3+</sup> as a rigid-lattice host (D<sub>q/B</sub> ≈ 2.2), lattice stiffness minimizes thermal sensitivity S<sub>R,T</sub>, while ratiometric detection stabilizes pressure sensitivity S<sub>R,p</sub>. The resulting thermal-invariance manometric factor (TIMF) = S<sub>R,p</sub>/S<sub>R,T</sub> reaches ≈7700 K·GPa<sup>-1</sup> in the spectral domain and ≈2500 K·GPa<sup>-1</sup> in the time-gated domain, with S<sub>R,p</sub> up to 51%·GPa<sup>-1</sup>. These values exceed ruby benchmarks by two orders of magnitude and surpass conventional lifetime analysis by ∼40 times, enabling accurate, self-referenced optical pressure mapping under extreme thermo-mechanical conditions. This work provides luminescent manometry from empirical calibration to a quantitative framework for thermally reliable sensing in coupled fields.
Authors
- Łukasz Marciniak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4897-6868)
- Przemysław Woźny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-4515)
- Maja Szymczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1612-4185)
- Qingfeng Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7527-0644)
- Xin Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6192-9994)
- Ke Su
- Zhijian Peng
- Marcin Runowski
- Lefu Mei
- Bin Ma
Institutions
- Qinghai University (CN)
- Xinjiang Agricultural University (CN)
- Xiamen University (CN)
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (CN)
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (PL)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202522909
- Primary Topic
- Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
- China University of Geosciences, Beijing
- China Scholarship Council
- China University of Geosciences