Remote sensing capacity of Raman spectroscopy in identification of mineral and organic constituents

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bin, Chen ^a   Stoker, Carol ^a   Cabrol, Nathalie ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser excitations; Optic fibers; Planetary samples; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS; PLANETARY SAMPLES; TOPSOIL;

LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REMOTE SENSING;

MINERALS;

EID: 42149125602     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.745959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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