Design and deployment of a quantum cascade laser absorption spectrometer in an open-path sensor system for trace gas analysis

Author

Michel, Anna P.M. ; Liu, Peter Q. ; Yeung, June K. ; Corrigan, Paul ; Baeck, Mary Lynn ; Pan, Xiaole ; Dong, Huabin ; Wang, Zifa ; Day, Timothy ; Smith, James A. ; Moshary, Fred ; Gmachl, Claire F.

Author_Institution

Princeton Inst. for the Sci. & Technol. of Mater., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A widely tunable, external cavity quantum cascade laser was used in the deployment of an open-path sensor for the measurement of water vapor, ozone, ammonia, and carbon dioxide in the urban atmosphere of Beijing, China.

Keywords

quantum cascade lasers; remote sensing by laser beam; spectra; absorption spectrometer; ammonia; carbon dioxide; open-path sensor system; ozone; quantum cascade laser; trace gas analysis; urban atmosphere; water vapor; Absorption; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Carbon dioxide; Gas detectors; Optical design; Quantum cascade lasers; Sensor systems; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices; (010.0280) Remote sensing and sensors; (140.5965) Semiconductor lasers, quantum cascade;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224475