High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of formamide and deuterated formamide in a molecular beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 176-183

  Brummel, Christopher L ^a   Shen, Meihua ^a   Hewett, Kevin B ^a   Philips, Laura A ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COUPLING MODES; HETROCYCLIC SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR BEAMS; OPTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY; ROTATIONAL TRANSITIONS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0027969733     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.11.000176     Document Type: Article

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