Innovative spectroscopy of liquids: A fiber optic supercontinuum source and an integrating cavity for scattering-free absorption measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7503, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mignani, A G ^a   Ottevaere, H ^b   Ciaccheri, L ^a   Thienpont, H ^b   Cacciari, I ^a   Parriaux, O ^c   Johnson, M ^d  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d Sagentia Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse light absorption spectroscopy; Fiber optic supercontinuum source; Integrating cavity; Scattering free absorption spectroscopy; Spectral fingerprinting

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTROMETERS; SPHERES;

DIFFUSE LIGHT; INTEGRATING CAVITY; SCATTERING-FREE; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 70449426814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.832934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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