Interaction of laser radiation with urinary calculi [PDF]
, 2009 Urolithias, calculus formation in the urinary system, affects 5 – 10% of the population and is a painful and recurrent medical condition. A common approach in the treatment of calculi is the use of laser radiation, a procedure known as laser ...
Mayo, M. E.
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Use of diffuse reflections in tunable diode laser spectroscopy [PDF]
, 2009 Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is an optical gas sensing technique in which the emission frequency of a laser diode is tuned over a gas absorption line of interest.
Masiyano, Dackson
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High-Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy with a THz Quantum-Cascade Laser [PDF]
, 2013 A terahertz absorption spectrometer with a quantum-cascade laser (QCL) for high-resolution molecular spectroscopy is realized. The spectrometer is based on highfrequency (up to 50 MHz) modulation of the QCL frequency.
H.-W. Hubers +11 more
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Optical fiber sensing based on reflection laser spectroscopy [PDF]
, 2010 An overview on high-resolution and fast interrogation of optical-fiber sensors relying on laser reflection spectroscopy is given. Fiber Bragg-gratings (FBGs) and FBG resonators built in fibers of different types are used for strain, temperature and ...
De Natale, Paolo +34 more
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Hardness determination of bio-ceramics using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. [PDF]
, 2011 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was applied to the analysis of bioceramic samples. The relationship between sample hardness and LIBS plasma properties was investigated, with comparison to conventional Vickers hardness measurements.
Moser, D. +23 more
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Possible explanations for different surface quality in laser cutting with 1 micron and 10 microns beams [PDF]
, 2012 In laser cutting of thick steel sheets, quality difference is observed between cut surfaces obtained with 1 micron and 10 micron laser beams. This paper investigates physical mechanisms for this interesting and important problem of the wavelength ...
Remy Fabbro +3 more
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Intra-cavity spectroscopy using amplified spontaneous emission in fiber lasers [PDF]
, 2011 Fiber laser sources offer interesting possibilities for gas sensors since they can operate over an extended wavelength range, encompassing the near-IR absorption lines of a number of important gases but a major problem is that overtone absorption lines ...
Arsad, Norhana +3 more
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Molecular spectroscopy with a multimode THz quantum-cascade laser [PDF]
, 2011 A terahertz absorption spectrometer for highresolution molecular spectroscopy is realized. The spectrometer is based on a multimode quantum-cascade laser. The design and performance of the spectrometer are presented.
A. D. Semenov +19 more
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Dual-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy in the vacuum ultraviolet with ambient gas: spectroscopic analysis and optimization of limit of detection of carbon and sulfur in steel [PDF]
, 2012 Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) in the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectral region was applied to standard steel samples in dual-pulse excitation mode with an ambient gas. Two lasers were employed in collinear geometry, one as an ablation laser (
Jiang, Xi
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Self-mixing interference effects in tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy [PDF]
, 2009 We report the effects of self-mixing interference on gas detection using tunable diode laser spectroscopy. For very weak feedback, the laser diode output intensity gains a sinusoidal modulation analogous to that caused by low finesse etalons in the ...
Hodgkinson, J. +7 more
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