Calibration-free wavelength-modulation spectroscopy for measurements of gas temperature and concentration in harsh environments

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 5546-5560

  Rieker, Gregory B ^a   Jeffries, Jay B ^a   Hanson, Ronald K ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; ON-SITE CALIBRATION; SCRAMJET COMBUSTORS; SECOND HARMONIC DETECTION; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

MODULATION;

EID: 70350329063     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.005546     Document Type: Article

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