Interband cascade laser-based sensor for ambient CH4

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Sonnenfroh, David M ^a   Wainner, Richard T ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a   Varner, Ruth K ^b  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; interband cascade laser; methane; mid infrared

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD SENSORS; FUNDAMENTAL BANDS; INAS; INTEGRATION TIME; INTERBAND CASCADE LASER; MID-IR SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; MIDINFRARED; MULTIPASS CELL; OPTICAL PATH; RATIOMETRIC DETECTION; THERMOELECTRICALLY-COOLED; TYPE II; UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIUM ARSENIDE; INFRARED DEVICES; LASERS; METHANE; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSORS;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 79953859757     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3498769     Document Type: Article

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