Enhancing sensitivity in tuning fork photoacoustic spectroscopy systems

2010 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2010 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 30-35

  Firebaugh, Samara L ^a   Roignant, Francois ^b   Terray, Eugene A ^c  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling; Photoacoustic spectroscopy; Piezoelectric sensor; Trace gas measurement; Tuning fork

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; HIGH-SENSITIVITY DETECTORS; MULTI-PHYSICS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; TRACE GAS MEASUREMENT; TUBE DIMENSION; TUNING FORKS; TUNING-FORK; VISCOUS DAMPING;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; GAS ABSORPTION; GAS FUEL MEASUREMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONATORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77952338858     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SAS.2010.5439407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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