Development of a tunable mid-IR difference frequency laser source for highly sensitive airborne trace gas detection

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 281-288

  Richter, D ^a   Fried, A ^a   Wert, B P ^a   Walega, J G ^a   Tittel, F K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMPLIFICATION; FORMALDEHYDE; FREQUENCIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER TUNING; LIGHT SOURCES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); STANDARDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION; FRACTIONAL ABSORPTION SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE AIRBORNE TRACE GAS DETECTION; RAPID DUAL BEAM SUBTRACTION; TUNABLE MID INFRARED DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY LASER SOURCE;

GAS LASERS;

FORMALDEHYDE; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NIOBIUM; OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FIBER OPTICS; FORMALDEHYDE; LASERS; NIOBIUM; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OXIDES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0036708815     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-002-0948-y     Document Type: Article

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