Development of a spectrometer using a continuous wave distributed feedback quantum cascade laser operating at room temperature for the simultaneous analysis of N2O and CH4 in the Earth's atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1206-1214

  Joly, Lilian ^a   Robert, Claude ^b   Parvitte, Bertrand ^a   Catoire, Valery ^b   Durry, Georges ^a,c   Richard, Guy ^d   Nicoullaud, Bernard ^d   Zéninari, Virginie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FEEDBACK; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INFRARED DIODE LASERS; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM STABILITY; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 49249122100     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001206     Document Type: Article

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