Tunable infrared laser detection of pyrolysis products of explosives in soils

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 3992-3997

  Wormhoudt, J ^a   Shorter, J H ^a   Mc Manus, J B ^a   Kebabian, P L ^a   Zahniser, M S ^a   Davis, W M ^b   Cespedes, E R ^b   Kolb, C E ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CONTAMINATION; DEWARS; EXPLOSIVES; LASERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PYROLYSIS; SENSORS; SOILS;

CONE PENETROMETER; MULTIPASS CELLS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH; PYROLYZERS; TUNABLE INFRARED LASER DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030188822     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003992     Document Type: Article

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