Continuous-wave terahertz by photomixing: applications to gas phase pollutant detection and quantification

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-275

  Hindle, Francis ^a   Cuisset, Arnaud ^a   Bocquet, Robin ^a   Mouret, Gaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Gas phase pollutants; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049088929     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.07.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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