Mid-infrared microspectroscopic imaging with a Quantum Cascade Laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8726, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yeh, Kevin ^a   Schulmerich, Matthew ^a   Bhargava, Rohit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chemical imaging; Discrete frequency infrared (DFIR); Fourier transform infrared (FT IR); Microscopy; Mid infrared spectroscopy; Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL IMAGING; DISCRETE FREQUENCIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; IMAGING INSTRUMENTATION; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE; MICROSPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; MID INFRARED (MID IR); MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 84881153768     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2015984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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