Cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy of multiple trace gas species using a supercontinuum radiation source

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10178-10188

  Langridge, J M ^a   Laurila, T ^a   Watt, R S ^a   Jones, R L ^a   Kaminski, C F ^a,b   Hult, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS ABSORPTION; GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RADIATION;

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; CAVITY ENHANCED ABSORPTION; CAVITY ENHANCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC APPLICATION; SUPERCONTINUUM RADIATION; TRACE GAS DETECTION; WAVELENGTH COVERAGE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROGEN TRIOXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHYSICS; RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 47249162443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010178     Document Type: Article

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