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STUDY OF A PHOTOACOUSTIC CELL FOR USE AS AN OPTICAL POWER METER

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Date Issued:
1983
Summary:
The thesis first discusses the history of the photoacoustic effect, concentrating on the early history and recent investigations of the effect in solids. It then develops the theoretical description of a cell with the front window replaced with a thermally-conductive opaque membrane. The dissertation then describes the experiments performed using this and other cell designs and analyzes the results to show that the data are consistent with the theory. Finally, the system performance as a photodetector is analyzed and recommendations for improvements and future investigations made. The Appendix describes the conventional (Rosencwaig-Gersho) theory.
Title: STUDY OF A PHOTOACOUSTIC CELL FOR USE AS AN OPTICAL POWER METER.
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Name(s): GUTHRIE, RICHARD WILLIAM
Florida Atlantic University, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1983
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 136 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: The thesis first discusses the history of the photoacoustic effect, concentrating on the early history and recent investigations of the effect in solids. It then develops the theoretical description of a cell with the front window replaced with a thermally-conductive opaque membrane. The dissertation then describes the experiments performed using this and other cell designs and analyzes the results to show that the data are consistent with the theory. Finally, the system performance as a photodetector is analyzed and recommendations for improvements and future investigations made. The Appendix describes the conventional (Rosencwaig-Gersho) theory.
Identifier: 14150 (digitool), FADT14150 (IID), fau:12679 (fedora)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
Subject(s): Optoacoustic spectroscopy
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