High-frequency-modulation spectroscopy: Phase noise and refractive index fluctuations in optical multipass cells

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2051-2057

  Werle, Peter ^a   Jänker, Bernd ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diode laser spectroscopy; Multipass cells; Quantum limit; Refractive index fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000519234     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600784     Document Type: Article

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