A review of developments in near infrared methane detection based on tunable diode laser

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-92

  Shemshad, Javad ^a,b   Aminossadati, Saiied Mostafa ^a   Kizil, Mehmet Siddik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b School of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methane; Optical sensor; Review; Spectroscopy; Tunable diode laser

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; GAS DETECTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; MEASUREMENT-BASED; METHANE ABSORPTION; METHANE DETECTION; METHANE SENSING; MID-INFRARED DIODE LASERS; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR INFRARED SPECTRA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TARGET SPECIES; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS DETECTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; METHANE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; REVIEWS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 84864286578     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.06.018     Document Type: Review

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