Doppler-free nonlinear absorption in ethylene by use of continuous-wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3154-3164

  Bucher, Christine R ^a,b   Lehmann, Kevin K ^a   Plusquellic, David F ^c   Fraser, Gerald T ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ETHYLENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CAVITY RINGDOWN SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

EID: 0000455405     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003154     Document Type: Article

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