An open-path, hand-held laser system for the detection of methane gas

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Van Well, Ben ^a   Murray, Stuart ^b   Hodgkinson, Jane ^c   Pride, Russ ^c   Strzoda, Rainer ^d   Gibson, Graham ^a   Padgett, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b AOS Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Advantica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; Instrumentation; Methane; Remote detection; Wavelength modulation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER BEAMS; METHANE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TRANSCEIVERS;

FRESNEL LENSES; INSTRUMNETATION; REMOTE DETECTION; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 18744395188     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/6/025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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