Quantum cascade laser based trace gas sensor technology: Recent advances and applications

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1334-1336

  Tittel, Frank K ^a   Bakhirkin, Yury ^a   Curl, Robert F ^a   Kosterev, Anatoliy ^a   Lewicki, Rafal ^a   So, Stephen ^a   Wysocki, Gerard ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONTROL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ARCHITECTURE AND PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL; INTERBAND CASCADE LASERS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MID-INFRARED; OF SENSORS; QUANTUM CASCADE; QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; ROTATIONAL-VIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS; TRACE GAS SPECIES; TRACE GASES; TRACE-GAS SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 48349124780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2007.4388657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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