Ultrasensitive detection of nitric oxide at 5.33 μm by using external cavity quantum cascade laser-based Faraday rotation spectroscopy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 12587-12592

  Lewickia, Rafał ^a   Doty III, James H ^a   Curl, Robert F ^a   Tittela, Frank K ^a   Wysocki, Gerard ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

External cavity laser; Magnetic circular birefringence; Midinfrared; Nitric oxide detection; Paramagnetic species

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; LABORATORY; LASER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; ROTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LASERS; MAGNETICS; NITRIC OXIDE; QUANTUM THEORY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 69149094621     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906291106     Document Type: Article

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