Near Field InfraRed Experiment

Vanes were also used to supply propellant for the Near Field InfraRed Experiment (NFIRE) for station keeping. The satellite was launched in 2007 (Btdlweg and Wallrapp, 2012) which carried two payloads a Track Sensor Payload (NFIRE, 2013) to detect and track missiles, and a Laser Communication Terminal (LCT) (Smutny and Lange, 2006) to test laser communication with the German made TerraSar-X satellite. Vanes have also been used in the Iridium constellation (Garrison et al., 1997), the INSAT satellites (Kale et al., 1972 Menon, 1972 Netter and Prasad, 1988), and the Arabsat television satellites (Rollins et al., 1984). 

Near Field InfraRed Experiment (NFIRE). Mda.mil. Missile Defense Agency, 15 Jan. 2013. Web. 7 Aug. 2013. http / /www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/nfrre.pdf. 

In the authors experience, the amount of carbon dioxide in 10 microliters of blood can readily be determined by adding the blood to an acid, through which bubbles an inert gas. The CO2 is then brought into the field of a long cuvette, of approximately 20" in length, and the carbon dioxide measured at the near infrared with a filter instrument. Instrumentation can be designed readily for measurement of the carbon dioxide content of as little as 1 l of plasma with this principle at the rate of approximately 40-60 per hour. 

As a fundamental study on field induced chemical reactions, Neidel and Vrakking et al. observed attosecond d3mamics of electrons in a series of small- and medium sized neutral molecules by monitoring time-dependent variation of the parent molecular ion 3delds [296]. The information on electron dynamics was extracted from experimental data on the basis of the relation between the time dependent dipole and ionization. This was performed in the two-color femtosecond near infrared (NIR) pump-attosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) probe experiment. They claim that the time-dependent dipole induced by the moderately strong NIR pulse field is monitored with attosecond time resolution. The oscillations are interpreted in terms of a time dependent screening induced by the polarization of the molecule, which alters the photoionization yield of the neutral molecule. This scheme can be considered as the first example of molecular attosecond Stark spectroscopy. 

Offering the most complete single-source guide of its kind, the Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis,Third Edition continues to offer practicing chemists and spectroscopists an unparalleled combination of theoretical foundations, cutting-edge applications, and practical experience provided firsthand by more than 60 experts in the field. 

Figure 3, Basic concept of intracellular SERS probes Gold nanoparticles are transferred into cells. Aggregates which provide optimum SERS enhancement and are typically utilized in the live cell experiments are shown in the transmission electron micrograph and the schematic drawing. During excitation with laser light in the near-infrared (h VjJ, such gold nanoaggregates provide enhanced local optical fields in their nm-scaled vicinity, leading to surface-enhanced Stokes (h and anti Stokes...

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