Multi-wavelength mid-infrared micro-spectral imaging using semiconductor lasers

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 811-822

  Guo, B ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Peng, C ^a   Luo, G P ^a   Le, H Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid infrared; Mid infrared semiconductor lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

FOCAL PLANE ARRAY DETECTORS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BENZENE; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELERY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANIMALS; APIUM GRAVEOLENS; BENZENE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; PLASTICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0042769795     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370203322102906     Document Type: Article

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