Photoacoustic techniques for trace gas sensing based on semiconductor laser sources

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9616-9628

  Elia, Angela ^a   Lugarà, Pietro Mario ^a   di Franco, Cinzia ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; Quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GAS SENSING; PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSORS; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUARTZ-ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIES; TRACE-GAS SENSING; TRACE-GASES;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUARTZ;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77950233278     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91209616     Document Type: Review

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