DocumentCode
422069
Title
Gas sensing with a 9 /spl mu/m thermoelectrically-cooled quasi-cw distributed feedback quantum cascade laser
Author
Weidmann, Damien ; Kosterev, Anatoliy A. ; Tittel, Frank K. ; Aellen, Thierry ; Beck, Mattias ; Hofstetter, Daniel ; Faist, Jérôme ; Blaser, Stéphane
Author_Institution
Rice Quantum Inst., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
A compact trace gas sensor based on a thermoelectrically cooled quasi CW quantum cascade laser is reported. Direct absorption of SO/sub 2/ was used for laser characterization. 2f wavelength modulation spectroscopy was applied to ammonia monitoring.
Keywords
ammonia; distributed feedback lasers; gas sensors; laser transitions; optical modulation; optical sensors; quantum cascade lasers; thermoelectricity; 2f wavelength modulation spectroscopy; 9 mum; NH/sub 3/; SO/sub 2/; ammonia monitoring; compact trace gas sensor; laser characterization; thermoelectrically-cooled quasicw distributed feedback quantum cascade laser;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361535
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