Cavity ringdown spectroscopy with a continuous-wave laser: Calculation of coupling efficiency and a new spectrometer design

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1859-1866

  Won Hahn, Jae ^a   Shim Yoo, Yong ^a   Yong Lee, Jae ^b   Wan Kim, Jae ^b   Woong Lee, Hai ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 0001265192     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001859     Document Type: Article

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