Session
2024 Poster Session
Location
Salt Lake Community College Westpointe Campus, Salt Lake City, UT
Start Date
5-6-2024 9:55 AM
Description
One way to probe tissue for disease is via long wave infrared spectroscopy. This technique uses wavelength dependent absorption of specific molecules which serve as early indicators of disease onset in human tissue.
Though proven to work, this method of using long wave spectroscopy to probe tissue is not widely used. This is because detectors that work in the long wave infrared. (LWIR) are generally expensive and slow.
Another deterrent is that typical LWIR light sources, such as quantum cascade lasers, (QCL) are difficult to tune over wavelength ranges spanning several microns. This limits the molecule types, and thus diseases, that can be probed with this method.
Characterization of an Acousto-Optic Modulator for Use in a Q-Switched Nd:YVO4 Laser
Salt Lake Community College Westpointe Campus, Salt Lake City, UT
One way to probe tissue for disease is via long wave infrared spectroscopy. This technique uses wavelength dependent absorption of specific molecules which serve as early indicators of disease onset in human tissue.
Though proven to work, this method of using long wave spectroscopy to probe tissue is not widely used. This is because detectors that work in the long wave infrared. (LWIR) are generally expensive and slow.
Another deterrent is that typical LWIR light sources, such as quantum cascade lasers, (QCL) are difficult to tune over wavelength ranges spanning several microns. This limits the molecule types, and thus diseases, that can be probed with this method.