Remote filament-induced fluorescence spectroscopy from thin clouds of smoke

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 759-762

  Daigle, J F ^a   Kamali, Y ^a   Roy, G ^b   Chin, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENTS (LAMP); LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL RADAR; SMOKE;

LASER SOURCES; MOLECULAR FRAGMENTS; SPECTRAL CONTAMINATIONS; WHITE LIGHTS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 56749163355     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-008-3281-2     Document Type: Article

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