Characterization of hollow fibres for compact infrared gas measurement cells;Charakterisierung von Hohlfasern für kompakte Infrarot-Gasmesszellen

Technisches Messen

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 555-564

  Hartwig, Susanne ^a,b   Lambrecht, Armin ^b  

^a Sick Maihak GmbH Analyzers and Process Instrumentation   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas measurement; Hollow fibres; Infrared spectroscopy; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL SENSORS; GAS VOLUME; HOLLOW FIBRE; INFRARED GAS SENSORS; INTERACTION LENGTH; LONG-PATH; MEASUREMENT CELL; REDUCED SENSITIVITY;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; FIBERS; GAS DETECTORS; GAS FUEL MEASUREMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 67651031066     PISSN: 01718096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/teme.2008.0858     Document Type: Article

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