Optimizing gas sensors based on quantum cascade lasers and photonic bandgap hollow waveguides

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1345-1348

  Young, Christina ^a   Hartwig, Susanne ^b   Lambrecht, Armin ^b   Kim, Seong Soo ^a   Mizaikoff, Boris ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING LOSSES; FT-IR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS SENSORS; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; OMNIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTION; PHOTONIC BAND GAP WAVEGUIDE; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS; PHOTONIC-BAND-GAP; RADIATION PROPAGATION;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CHEMICAL SENSORS; CLADDING (COATING); ENERGY GAP; GAS DETECTORS; LASERS; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SENSORS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 48349118988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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