Coherent mode-selective Raman excitation towards standoff detection

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5499-5504

  Li, Haowen ^a   Harris, D Ahmasi ^b   Xu, Bingwei ^b   Wrzesinski, Paul J ^b   Lozovoy, Vadim V ^b   Dantus, Marcos ^b  

^a BioPhotonic Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER RADIATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HAZARDOUS CONTAMINANTS; STANDOFF DETECTION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 42149169099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005499     Document Type: Article

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