Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy: A review

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6165-6206

  Patimisco, Pietro ^a,b   Scamarcio, Gaetano ^b   Tittel, Frank K ^a   Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Mid IR and THz laser spectroscopy; Quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; Quartz tuning fork

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

GAS SENSING; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSORS; QUARTZ TUNING FORK; QUARTZ-ENHANCED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPIES; SPECTROSCOPIC FEATURES; THZ QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

QUARTZ;

EID: 84897430892     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140406165     Document Type: Review

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