Ultra-sensitive ethylene post-harvest monitor based on cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1673-1684

  Wahl, Edward H ^a   Tan, Sze M ^a   Koulikov, Sergei ^a   Kharlamov, Boris ^a   Rella, Christopher R ^a   Crosson, Eric R ^a   Biswell, Dave ^b   Paldus, Barbara A ^c  

^a PICARRO INC   (United States)

^b Ethylene Controls Inc   (United States)

^c Skymoon Ventures LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOLD; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENT AIR; CAVITY RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY (CRDS); TRACE LEVELS;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 33144468056     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001673     Document Type: Article

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