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US 2007/0165235 A1Published application
Horticultural sensor
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorManoj Haridas
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AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorManoj Haridas
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A gas sensing system having a networked web of gas sensors having an ability to detect a chemical species in a gas sensor has a beam emitter that emits a first beam comprising laser, a beam-splitting interferometer, a spectrometer and a detector, wherein the first beam is to strike the gas that produces a second beam comprising a Raman signal, the beam-splitting interferometer is to create a phase delay in the second beam is disclosed. The gas sensing system could be used for spectroscopic detection of ethylene by generating a first beam comprising laser, striking the first beam to a gas comprising ethylene to produce a second beam comprising a Raman signal, creating a phase delay in the second beam, passing the second beam through a spectrometer and detecting a Raman signature of ethylene. The gas sensing system could be used for the determination of the extent of ripening in a specific field area.
A gas sensing system comprising a networked web of gas sensors having an ability to detect a chemical species in a gas, wherein said gas sensor comprises a beam emitter that emits a first beam comprising a laser, a beam-splitting interferometer, a spectrometer and a detector, wherein said first beam strikes the gas that produces a second beam comprising a Raman signal, said beam-splitting interferometer creates a phase delay in the second beam, and said phase delay providing information on overlapping Raman signals.
A method for spectroscopic detection of ethylene, comprising generating a first beam comprising laser, striking the first beam to a gas comprising ethylene to produce a second beam comprising a Raman signal, creating a phase delay in the second beam, passing the second beam through a spectrometer and detecting a Raman signature of ethylene.
A method for determining the extent of ripening in a specific field area, comprising generating a first beam comprising laser, striking the first beam in the specific field area, wherein the field area comprises ethylene, to produce a second beam comprising a Raman signal, creating a phase delay in the second beam, passing the second beam through a spectrometer and analyzing the Raman signal of the second beam by an analyzer, wherein the analyzer maps the extent of ripening in the specific field area as a function of the ethylene concentration in the specific field area.
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