Enhanced spontaneous raman scattering and gas composition analysis using a photonic crystal fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4255-4261

  Buric, Michael P ^a,b   Chen, Kevin P ^a,b   Falk, Joel ^a,b   Woodruff, Steven D ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASES; NATURAL GAS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLECTION ANGLE; FREE-SPACE CONFIGURATIONS; GAS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HOLLOW CORE-PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; INTERACTION LENGTH; MEASUREMENTS OF; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SPONTANEOUS RAMAN SCATTERING;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 54949096236     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.004255     Document Type: Article

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