near-infrared spectroscopy (nirs) is a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. typical applications include medical and physiological diagnostics. nirs can be used for non-invasive assessment of brain function through the intact skull in human subjects by detecting changes in blood hemoglobin concentrations associated with neural activity, e.g., ...

Optical and near-infrared observations of the GRB990705 error box were carried out with ESO telescopes at La Silla and Paranal in Chile and with the NOAO SPIREX 0.6-meter telescope in Antarctica. We detected the counterpart of this GRB in the near-infrared H band and optical V band. The power-law decline of the near-infrared lightcurve is rather steep with a decay index α ' 1.7 in the first hou...

Type Device Wavelength (nm) Band Helium-Neon Tank, gunnery trainer 642.8 Visible (red) Ruby Rangefinder 694.3 Visible (red) Gallium-Arsenide MILES 905.0 Near-infrared Nd:YAG Rangefinder, target designator 1,064.0 Near-infrared Carbon Dioxide Rangefinder 10,600.0 Far-infrared MILES: multiple integrated laser engagement system Nd:YAG: neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet Adapted from Headquarters, D...

We report transmission infrared near-field scanning microscopy ~IR-NSOM! imaging of chemically amplified photoresist polymers patterned by ultraviolet exposure. Chemical specificity was attained using infrared wavelengths tuned to the 3 mm OH stretch absorption band of the polymer, a band sensitive to the chemical changes characteristic of the lithographic photochemical process of this material...

various indexes such as rvi, ndvi, savi and osavi have been proposed for vegetation detection using satellite images. these indexes have been obtained based on high reflectance of the vegetation in near infrared band and its high absorption in red band. basic defect of these indexes are using them in various regions without any changes in index structure. in other words, these indexes have not ...

By using a polyelectrolyte layer gold nanoparticles have been assembled onto a Ge internal reflection element. Upon illumination with visible and near infrared light strong infrared absorption has been observed, which can be traced to intervalence band transitions in Ge. This reveals the existence of holes in the Ge near its valence band edge. The switching between light and dark states is fast...

This article presents a method for realtime mapping of algal blooms in turbid coastal waters using the remote sensing reflectance of red band (Channel 1, 580-680 nm) and near-infrared band (Channel 2, 720-1100 nm) of the AVHRR sensor on the NOAA series satellites. A turbidity-free function for near-infrared and red signals, α0 = (bb/bb)(a/ a) based on the first order bb/(a+bb) model deducing eq...

objectives in this study, the absorption coefficient of hemoglobin (hb) was used to distinguish between normal and abnormal breast tissue. materials and methods a near-infrared source (637 nm) was transmitted from major and minor vessels of a breast phantom containing 2×, 4× concentrations of oxy- and deoxy-hb. the absorption coefficients were determined from spectrometer (sm) and powermeter (p...

Gold nanoparticles with nanoscale protrusions can be synthesized by seed-mediated growth in favor of tuning the surface plasmon band towards the near-infrared regime. Electromagnetic field enhancement makes significant contribution to improve fluorescence emission of PbS quantum dots in the near-infrared window, identifying their application in remote imaging by collecting the scattered fluores...

VLT K-band spectroscopy of massive stars deeply embedded in IRAS sources with UCHII colours. Abstract. We have obtained high resolution (R = 10,000) K-band spectra of candidate young massive stars deeply embedded in (ultra-) compact H ii regions (UCHIIs). These objects were selected from a near-infrared survey of 44 fields centered on IRAS sources with UCHII colours. Often, the near-infrared co...