Compact TDLAS based sensor design using interband cascade lasers for mid-IR trace gas sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages A528-A535

  Dong, Lei ^a,b   Tittel, Frank K ^b   Li, Chunguang ^b   Sanchez, Nancy P ^b   Wu, Hongpeng ^a,b   Zheng, Chuantao ^b   Yu, Yajun ^b   Sampaolo, Angelo ^b,c   Griffin, Robert J ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GAS DETECTORS;

CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; GALLIUM ANTIMONIDE; INTERBAND CASCADE LASER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MINIMUM DETECTION LIMITS; SENSOR DESIGNS; TRACE-GAS SENSING;

GASES;

EID: 84962776265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.00A528     Document Type: Article

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