Slow molecule detection or Ramsey fringes in two-photon spectroscopy: Which is better for high resolution spectroscopy and metrology?

Optics Express

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Amy Klein, A ^a   Constantin, L F ^a   Butcher, R J ^b   Daussy, C ^a   Durand, P E ^c   Nogues, G ^d   Chardonnet, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FREQUENCIES; HYDROGEN; MASERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RESONANCE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MOLECULE DETECTION; RAMSEY FRINGES; TWO-PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTONS;

EID: 0001946340     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.4.000067     Document Type: Article

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