QEPAS based ppb-level detection of CO and N2O using a high power CW DFB-QCL

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1008-1019

  Ma, Yufei ^a,b   Lewicki, Rafał ^a   Razeghi, Manijeh ^c   Tittel, Frank K ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; VAPORS;

ACQUISITION TIME; ALLAN DEVIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CO ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DETECTION LIMITS; DETECTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; EXCITATION SOURCES; GAS PRESSURES; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; NITROUS OXIDE; PARTS PER BILLION; PRESENCE OF WATER; QUARTZ-ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIES; RELAXATION RATES; ROBUST OPERATION; SENSOR PLATFORM; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL LEVEL; STATE OF THE ART; TARGET GAS; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

SENSORS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTICS; TIME;

ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOTOACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES; QUARTZ; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84872715283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001008     Document Type: Article

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