Infrared frequency upconverter for high-sensitivity imaging of gas plumes

Optics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1923-1925

  Imaki, Masaharu ^a,b   Kobayashi, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER SIGNAL; GAS PLUMES; INFRARED WAVELENGTH; REMOTE METHANE DETECTION SYSTEM;

BACKSCATTERING; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

THERMAL PLUMES;

EID: 39749136283     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.32.001923     Document Type: Article

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