Quantum cascade transmitters for ultra-sensitive chemical agent and explosives detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4999, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-18

  Schultz, John F ^a   Taubman, Matthew S ^a   Harper, Warren W ^a   Williams, Richard M ^a   Myers, Tanya L ^a   Cannon, Bret D ^a   Sheen, David M ^a   Anheier, Norman C ^a   Allen, Paul J ^a   Sundaram, S K ^a   Johnson, Bradley R ^a   Aker, Pamela M ^a   Wu, Ming C ^b   Lau, Erwin K ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity enhanced sensor; Chemical sensing; Frequency modulation lidar; Integrated optics; Quantum cascade lasers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL RADAR; SPECTROMETERS; TRANSMITTERS;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0141455324     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.485542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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