• DocumentCode
    2245037
  • Title

    Open path water vapor measurements using a chirped pulse MIR QCL sensor system

  • Author

    Lwin, Maung ; Castillo, Paulo ; Corrigan, Paul ; Gross, Barry ; Moshary, Fred ; Ahmed, Sam

  • Author_Institution
    Energy Dynamics Lab., Princeton Inst. for the Sci. & Technol. of Mater., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An open path chirped pulse Quantum Cascade Laser system operating from 1900 cm-1 to 1902 cm-1 has been developed for water vapor measurements. QCL retrieval accuracies are shown to be significantly smaller than FTIR retrievals.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; gas sensors; infrared sources; quantum cascade lasers; remote sensing by laser beam; chirped pulse MIR QCL sensor; open-path water-vapor measurement; quantum cascade laser system; trace gas sensors; wave number 1900 cm-1 to 1902 cm-1; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Chirp; Fitting; Meteorology; Pollution measurement; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950814
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2245037