Limiting sensitivity of a differential absorption spectrometer with direct detection in the 2v3 and v2 + 2v3 vibration bands

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Pfeiffer, P ^a   Meyrueis, P ^a   Patillon, D ^b   Bounaix, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Eprest Electronique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; METHANE; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; LASER DIODE EMISSION SPECTRA; METHANE ABSORPTION SPECTRA; METHANE DETECTION; QUANTIZATION NOISE; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; TUNABLE LASER DIODES;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0742321304     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.822190     Document Type: Article

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