Infrared near-field spectroscopy of trace explosives using an external cavity quantum cascade laser

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 30401-30414

  Craig, Ian M ^a,b   Taubman, Matthew S ^b   Lea, A Scott ^a   Phillips, Mark C ^b   Josberger, Erik E ^c,d   Raschke, Markus B ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMODYNE DETECTION; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; INFRARED SPECTRUM; NEAR-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; RAPID ACQUISITION; SCATTERING-TYPE SCANNING NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (S-SNOM); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LASER; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; LASERS; MICROCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84890479683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.030401     Document Type: Article

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