Ultrasensitive frequency-modulation spectroscopy enhanced by a high-finesse optical cavity: Theory and application to overtone transitions of C2H2 and C2HD

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2255-2268

  Ma, Long Sheng ^a,b   Ye, Jun ^a   Dubé, Pierre ^a,c   Hall, John L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TRIUMF   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000440718     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002255     Document Type: Article

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