Spectral characterization of biological aerosol particles using two-wavelength excited laser-induced fluorescence and elastic scattering measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6191-6208

  Sivaprakasam, Vasanthi ^a   Lin, Horn Bond ^a   Huston, Alan L ^a   Eversole, Jay D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELASTIC SCATTERING; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AMBIENT AIR; BIOLOGICAL AEROSOL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DETECTION SYSTEM; DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICLES; EXCITED LASERS; FLUENCES; GROWTH CONDITIONS; SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; TWO WAVELENGTH; TWO-WAVELENGTH LASERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOPOLYMER;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOPOLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79953220122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006191     Document Type: Article

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