The term used when decay times
luminescence are measured using a pulsed source of
radiation. It is often necessary to separate the signal due to the light flash from
luminescence emission signal by a deconvolution technique in order to obtain the correct
decay curve for emission. Decay times corrected for this effect are termed corrected decay times of
fluorescence or
phosphorescence.
Source:
PAC, 1984, 56, 231
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-Part VI: molecular luminescence spectroscopy)
on page 242