Compact, narrow-linewidth, tunable ultraviolet laser source for detecting Hg emissions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6875, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hoops, Alexandra A ^a   Farrow, Roger L ^a   Schulz, Paul ^a   Reichardt, Thomas A ^a   Bambha, Ray P ^a   Schmitt, Randal L ^b   Kliner, Dahv A V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic generation and mixing; Mercury monitoring; Optical parametric amplifier

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LASERS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PIGMENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

COAL BOILERS; EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); EPA REGULATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY (HS); HIGH SPECIFICITY; MERCURY(III); NONLINEAR FREQUENCY; STAND-OFF DETECTION; TIME RESPONSES; TUNABLE ULTRAVIOLET (TUV);

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 44849101415     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.761907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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