An ultrasensitive detection technique for tunable diode laser spectrometers: Application to detection of NO2 and H20

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2834, Issue , 1996, Pages 57-66

  Sonnenfroh, David M ^a   Sewell, Scott D ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Airborne; Diode laser; Environmental sensing; Flux; H20; In situ; No2

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIODES; FLUXES; HYGROMETERS; LIGHT SOURCES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER;

AIRBORNE; AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; DIODE LASER HYGROMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS; ULTRASENSITIVE DETECTION;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 0005070433     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.255339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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