Title :
Miniature and handheld spectroscopic instruments for chemical sensing and security applications: Enabled by photonics
Author :
Crocombe, Richard A.
Author_Institution :
Thermo Fisher Sci., Tewksbury, MA, USA
Abstract :
Consumer electronics gave us powerful mobile platforms, compact batteries, displays, user interfaces, while telecomm photonics has revolutionized miniature optics, sources and detectors. Handheld spectrometers are now routinely used for chemical sensing and security applications.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; spectrometers; chemical sensing; compact batteries; consumer electronics; detectors; displays; handheld spectroscopic instruments; miniature optics; miniature spectroscopic instruments; mobile platforms; security applications; telecomm photonics; user interfaces; Chapters; Instruments; Military standards; Optical attenuators; Optical reflection; Raman scattering; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA