Ammonia detection by using quantum-cascade laser photoacoustic spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4966-4971

  Filho, Milton B ^a   Da Silva, Marcelo G ^a   Sthel, Marcelo S ^a   Schramm, Delson U ^a   Vargas, Helion ^a   Miklós, Andras ^b   Hess, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GAS DETECTORS; LASER THEORY; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTORS; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER (QCL); TRACE-GAS CONCENTRATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33749866183     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004966     Document Type: Article

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