• DocumentCode
    2245060
  • Title

    Quantum cascade lasers for sensing CO2 isotopic fingerprints

  • Author

    Escarra, Matthew ; Le, Loan ; Cendejas, Richard ; Trofimov, Igor ; Wang, Xiaojun ; Fan, Jen-Yu ; Gmachl, Claire

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a quantum cascade laser for detecting 12CO2 and 13CO2 isotopes for use in fingerprinting CO2 emissions from sources such as power plants and carbon storage reservoirs. The lasers emit a single mode at 4.32 μm in continuous wave operation.
  • Keywords
    carbon compounds; gas sensors; laser modes; quantum cascade lasers; radioactive sources; remote sensing by laser beam; CO2; carbon storage reservoirs; continuous wave operation; isotopic fingerprint sensing; laser mode; power plants; quantum cascade lasers; wavelength 4.32 mum; Absorption; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Isotopes; Laser modes; Measurement by laser beam; 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
    5950815
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2245060