Conditional-sampling spectrograph detection system for fluorescence measurements of individual airborne biological particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1069-1076

  Nachman, Paul ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Pinnick, R G ^a   Hill, Steven C ^a   Chang, Richard K ^b   Mayo, Michael W ^c   Fernandez, Gilbert L ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c Syst and Processes Eng Corporation   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA HANDLING; FLUORESCENCE; GAS LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAMPLING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARGON LASERS; BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; CONDITIONAL SAMPLING SPECTROGRAPH DETECTION SYSTEM; FLAVIN; FRANCK CONDON CONNECTOR; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEM;

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 0030100422     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001069     Document Type: Article

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