Trace gas detection by the use of the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) technology

• Main Author: Chan, Chi Chiu.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering; DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Biochemistry::Spectroscopy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47604
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The detection of trace gases is of highly importance for many applications in the fields of environments monitoring, chemical process control, homeland security, and bio-medical research. As we know the atom or molecule, is uniquely characterized by a set of levels of energy. transitions between lev...