Sensitive detection of nitric oxide using a 5.26 μm external cavity quantum cascade laser based QEPAS sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8268, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tittel, Frank K ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Lewicki, Rafał ^a   Lee, George ^a   Peralta, Adjani ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease; Exhaled breath analysis; Nitric oxide; Quantum cascade lasers; Quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; Trace gas detection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIES; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRONICS UNITS; EXHALED BREATH ANALYSIS; EXHALED BREATHS; EXTERNAL CAVITY; GAS CELL; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN BREATH; HUMAN DISEASE; NO CONCENTRATION; NO SENSOR; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM CASCADES; QUARTZ ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUARTZ-ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIES; REAL TIME; REFERENCE CHANNELS; SENSITIVE DETECTION; THERMOELECTRICALLY-COOLED; TRACE GAS DETECTION; ULTRA LOW CONCENTRATION; WAVELENGTH MODULATION; WIDELY TUNABLE;

MONITORING; NANOPHOTONICS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; QUARTZ; SENSORS;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

EID: 84856888545     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.905621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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