• DocumentCode
    2245102
  • Title

    Deployment of a Quantum Cascade laser open-path gas sensor for water vapor and wood smoke analysis

  • Author

    Bentil, Ekua N. ; Amuah, Charles ; Michel, Anna P.M. ; Eghan, Moses J. ; Smith, James A. ; Gmachl, Claire F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present results from a widely tunable (296 cm-1) Quantum Cascade laser based sensor used in sensing water vapor and target gases found in wood smoke in the rural fishing village of Elmina, Ghana.
  • Keywords
    gas sensors; laser tuning; quantum cascade lasers; remote sensing by laser beam; smoke detectors; Elmina; Ghana; laser tuning; quantum cascade laser open-path gas sensor; rural fishing village; water vapor analysis; wood smoke analysis; Absorption; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Marine animals; 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
    5950817
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2245102