Ultrasensitive, visible tunable diode laser detection of NO2

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4053-4058

  Sonnenfroh, David M ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Diode laser; Environmental sensing; Flux; NO2

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMPLIFICATION; CALCULATIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PHOTODIODES; REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; BALANCED RATIOMETRIC DETECTOR; LINEWIDTH; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PRESSURE BROADENING COEFFICIENT; ULTRASENSITIVE NOISE CANCELING DETECTOR;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030192484     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004053     Document Type: Article

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