Pulsed quantum-cascade laser-based sensor for trace-gas detection of carbonyl sulfide

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 6040-6046

  Wysocki, Gerard ^a   McCurdy, Matt ^a   So, Stephen ^a   Weidmann, Damien ^a   Roller, Chad ^a   Curl, Robert F ^a   Tittel, Frank K ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCANNING;

CARBONYL SULFIDE; LASER-BASED GAS SENSORS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (QCL); TRACE GASES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 9144242529     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006040     Document Type: Article

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