Characterization of silver halide fiber optics and hollow silica waveguides for use in the construction of a mid-infrared attenuated total reflection fourier transform infrared (ATR FT-IR) spectroscopy probe

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1252-1263

  Damin, Craig A ^a   Sommer, André J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; FT IR; Hollow silica waveguide; Polycrystalline fiber optic; Silver halide fiber optic; Transmission characterization

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FT-IR; INFRARED-TRANSMITTING FIBERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SILICA WAVEGUIDE; SILVER HALIDE FIBERS; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

ACCESSORIES; CHARACTERIZATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; PROBES; SILVER HALIDES;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84887477104     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06935     Document Type: Article

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