Continuous monitoring of nitric oxide at 5.33 μm with an EC-QCL based faraday rotation spectrometer: Laboratory and field system performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7222, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wysocki, Gerard ^a   Lewicki, Rafal ^b   Huang, Xue ^a   Curl, Robert F ^b   Tittel, Frank K ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday effect; Nitric oxide; Quantum cascade laser; laser spectroscopy; Trace gas detection

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING TIME; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DETECTION LIMITS; EXTERNAL CAVITIES; FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPIES; FARADAY ROTATIONS; FIELD INSTRUMENTS; HIGH SPECIFICITIES; LOCK-IN TIME; LONG TERMS; MODE-HOP-FREE; NITRIC OXIDE DETECTIONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER LASER SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE-GAS DETECTION;

FARADAY EFFECT; GAS DETECTORS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NITRIC OXIDE; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; ROTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LASERS;

EID: 62449243966     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809354     Document Type: Conference Paper

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