290 and 340 nm UV LED arrays for fluorescence detection from single airborne particles

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 9548-9555

  Davitt, Kristina ^a   Song, Yoon Kyu ^a   Patterson III, William R ^a   Nurmikko, Arto V ^a   Gherasimova, Maria ^b   Han, Jung ^b   Pan, Yong Le ^b   Chang, Richard K ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 27744492938     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009548     Document Type: Article

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