Infrared fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy and its applications for the detection of toxic materials in water, in situ and in real time

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5617, Issue , 2004, Pages 145-153

  Raichlin, Yosef ^a,b   Marx, Sharon ^c   Gerber, Leah ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiber optic Evanescent Wave Spectroscopy; Infrared Spectroscopy; Pollutants; Toxic Materials; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEMODULATION; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FIBER-OPTIC EVANESCENT WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; ON-LINE MONITORING; POLLUTANTS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

EID: 17644381222     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.597441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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