Optical gas sensing responses in transparent conducting oxides with large free carrier density

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ohodnicki Jr , P R ^a,b   Andio, M ^a   Wang, C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c URS Corporation Inc South Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAS DETECTORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONDUCTING METAL OXIDES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EVANESCENT WAVE ABSORPTION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FREE CARRIER DENSITY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

CHEMICAL DETECTION;

EID: 84904320941     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4890011     Document Type: Article

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