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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
