Diode laser absorption measurements of CH3CL and CH4 near 1.65 μm

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3288-3293

  Chou, Shang I ^a   Baer, Douglas S ^a   Hanson, Ronald K ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Diode laser; Line strengths; Methane; Methyl chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000583387     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003288     Document Type: Article

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