Mid-IR gas sensors based on quasi-CW, room-temperature quantum cascade lasers

38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Sonnenfroh, D M ^a   Wetjen, E T ^a   Miller, M F ^a   Allen, M G ^a   Gmachl, C ^b   Capasso, F ^b   Hutchinson, A L ^b   Sivco, D L ^b   Baillargeon, J N ^b   Cho, A Y ^b  

^a PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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