Simultaneous measurement of NO and NO2 by dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1512-1522

  Jágerská, Jana ^a   Jouy, Pierre ^b   Tuzson, Béla ^a   Looser, Herbert ^c   Mangold, Markus ^a   Soltic, Patrik ^d   Hugi, Andreas ^b   Brönnimann, Rolf ^e   Faist, Jérôme ^b   Emmenegger, Lukas ^a  

^a Empa Materials and Science   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratory of Internal Combustion Engines   (Switzerland)

^e Laboratory for Electronics Metrology and Reliability Empa   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROMETERS;

APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY; AUTOMOTIVE TESTS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION; DETECTION LIMITS; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

EID: 84921778395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.001512     Document Type: Article

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