Engineering the sensitivity and response time of edge-emitting laser hydrogen sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3098-3105

  Griffin, Benjamin George ^a   Arbabi, Amir ^a   Goddard, Lynford Lawrence ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Gas detectors; Laser sensors; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors

Indexed keywords

EDGE EMITTING LASERS; HYDROGEN GAS DETECTION; HYDROGEN SENSOR; LASER SENSOR; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; OPTOELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC SENSORS; PALLADIUM FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES;

GAS DETECTORS; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSORS;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 84880667506     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2260327     Document Type: Article

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