Optical methane sensor based on a fiber loop at 1665 nm

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 728-731

  Yu, Kuanglu ^a   Wu, Chongqing ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

1665 nm distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode (LD); Fiber optics loop; Optical methane sensor; Spectral absorption method

Indexed keywords

1665 NM DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (DFB) LASER DIODE (LD); ABSORPTION LINES; ABSORPTION LOSS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER DIODE; FIBER LOOPS; GAS CHAMBERS; GAS GAPS; GAS SAMPLES; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE SENSING; METHANE SENSOR; OUTPUT PULSE; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; SPLIT RATIO; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CURVE FITTING; DIODES; FEEDBACK; FIBERS; LIGHT; METHANATION; METHANE; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SENSORS;

GAS ABSORPTION;

EID: 77649083565     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2033261     Document Type: Article

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