Mathematical model for optimum fibre optic probe design and characterisation

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1369-1374

  Bünting, Uwe ^a   Karlitschek, Peter ^a  

^a LASER LABORATORIUM GÖTTINGEN E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibre optic sensor; Geometry optimisation calculation; Laser induced fluorescence (LIF); Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH); Water pollutant monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004902164     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(98)00043-2     Document Type: Article

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