Infrared absorption nano-spectroscopy using sample photoexpansion induced by tunable quantum cascade lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 19942-19947

  Lu, Feng ^a   Belkin, Mikhail A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED ABSORPTION; INFRARED LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE CANTILEVERS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; LOW POWER; MECHANICAL FREQUENCY; MIDINFRARED; NANOSCALE SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOEXPANSION; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80053971388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019942     Document Type: Article

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