Instrumentation for measuring fluorescence cross sections from airborne microsized particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Manninen, A ^a   Putkiranta, M ^a   Rostedt, A ^a   Saarela, J ^a   Laurila, T ^a   Marjamaki M ^a   Keskinen, J ^a   Hernberg, R ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIRBORNE MICROSIZED PARTICLES; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; INKJET AEROSOL GENERATOR; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR LASER;

FLUORESCENCE;

MICROSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; LASERS; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 40749132190     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000110     Document Type: Article

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