Measurements of benzene concentration by difference-frequency laser absorption spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 33, 2000, Pages 6238-6242

  Chen, Weidong ^a   Cazier, Fabrice ^b   Tittel, Frank ^c   Boucher, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0000510887     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006238     Document Type: Article

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