Tunable diode-laser absorption measurements of methane at elevated temperatures

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4026-4032

  Nagali, V ^a   Chou, S I ^a   Baer, D S ^a   Hanson, R K ^a   Segall, J ^b  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b MetroLaser   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Diode laser; Gas sensors; Line strengths; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001406681     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004026     Document Type: Article

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