Investigations of intraband quantum cascade laser source for a MEMS-scale photoacoustic sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6554, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Heaps, David A ^a   Pellegrino, Paul M ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; Microelectromechanical systems; Photoacoustics; Piezoelectrics

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL METHYL PHOSPHONATE (DMMP); INTERBAND QUANTUM CASCADE LASER (ICL); TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; MEMS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 35948980040     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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