Diode laser detection of greenhouse gases in the near-infrared region by wavelength modulation spectroscopy: Pressure dependence of the detection sensitivity

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 4686-4699

  Asakawa, Takashi ^a   Kanno, Nozomu ^b   Tonokura, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Near infrared absorption spectroscopy; Wavelength modulation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; GAS SENSING; LIMITS OF DETECTION; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MODULATION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS; METHANE;

ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHANE; PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 77953492922     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100504686     Document Type: Article

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