Highly sensitive detection of trace gases using the time-resolved frequency downchirp from pulsed quantum-cascade lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1761-1768

  McCulloch, Michael T ^a   Normand, Erwan L ^a   Langford, Nigel ^a   Duxbury, Geoffrey ^a   Newnham, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETERS;

TRACE GASES;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0041920823     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001761     Document Type: Article

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