Molecular dispersion spectroscopy - new capabilities in laser chemical sensing

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1260, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-111

  Nikodem, Michal ^a   Wysocki, Gerard ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser spectroscopy; Molecular dispersion spectroscopy; Quantum cascade lasers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIRPED LASER DISPERSION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER; REFRACTION INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84864071625     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06660.x     Document Type: Article

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