Compact chamber for the spectroscopic analysis of fluorescent aerosols

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6554, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Déry, Bernard ^a,b   Simard, Jean Robert ^a   Vallée, Réal ^b   Roy, Gilles ^a   Lavoie, Hugo ^a   Buteau, Sylvie ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio aerosol; Fluorescence; ICCD; LIDAR; LIF; Standoff detection

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF); OPEN-AIR RELEASES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RADAR; PRESSURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 35948994598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.719599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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