Pumpprobe photothermal spectroscopy using quantum cascade lasers

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Farahi, R H ^a   Passian, A ^a,b   Tetard, L ^a   Thundat, T ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSING; COMPOSITIONAL INFORMATION; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGES; MIDINFRARED; PHOTOTHERMAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPIES; PUMP-PROBE; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTS; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD); TARGET REGIONS;

LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 84857933569     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/12/125101     Document Type: Article

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