Standoff laser-induced fluorescence sensors for biological warfare agents

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-153

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Sharma, Ramesh C ^a   Maini, Anil K ^a  

^a LASER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

biological warfare agents; homeland security; ICCD; laser spectroscopy; LIDAR; multianode PMT detector; ultraviolet laser induced fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873300161     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2012.702183     Document Type: Article

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