A dual-wavelength single particle aerosol fluorescence monitor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5990, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kaye, Paul H ^a   Stanley, Warren R ^a   Foot, Virginia ^b   Baxter, Karen ^b   Barrington, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio aerosol; Network; Particle fluorescence; Sensor; Xenon

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENON;

BIO-AEROSOLS; NETWORK; PARTICLE FLUORESCENCE;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33644508326     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.629868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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