Quantum cascade laser sensor for so2 and so3 for application to combustor exhaust streams

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 6635-6643

  Rawlins, Wilson T ^a   Hensley, Joel M ^a   Sonnenfroh, David M ^a   Oakes, David B ^a   Alien, Mark G ^a  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMBUSTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

INFRARED ABSORPTION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 28444495874     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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