A frequency-modulated quantum-cascade laser for spectroscopy of CH4 and N2O isotopomers

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-321

  Gagliardi, Gianluca ^a   Borri, Simone ^b   Tamassia, Filippo ^c   Capasso, Federico ^d   Gmachl, Claire ^e   Sivco, Deborah L ^f   Baillargeon, James N ^f   Hutchinson, Albert L ^f   Cho, Alfred Y ^f  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

^f LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; IR spectrometry; Isotope analysis; Isotopomers; Methane; Nitrogen 15; Nitrous oxide; Oxygen 17; Oxygen 18

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPIC RATIO;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; METHANE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 30644470181     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010500384572     Document Type: Article

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