Active and passive infrared spectroscopy for the detection of environmental threats

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9106, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Deutsch, Erik R ^a   Kotidis, Petros ^a   Zhu, Ninghui ^a   Goyal, Anish K ^a   Ye, Jim ^a   Mazurenko, Alex ^a   Norman, Mark ^a   Zafiriou, Kostas ^a   Baier, Mark ^a   Connors, Ray ^a  

^a Block MEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical detection; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers; infrared spectroscopy; quantum cascade lasers; vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SPECTROMETERS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

BOTH FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; EXTERNAL CAVITY; FTIR; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCLS); SURFACE CONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84907328440     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2058544     Document Type: Conference Paper

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