Silver halide fiber-based evanescent-wave liquid droplet sensing with room temperature mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5953-5960

  Chen, J Z ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Gmachl, C F ^a   Sivco, D L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; COMPOSITION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIXTURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHENOLS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER WAVENUMBERS; LIQUID DROPLETS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SILVER HALIDE FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 24044555905     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005953     Document Type: Article

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