Broadband coherent anti-stokes raman spectroscopy with a modeless dye laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 6722-6728

  Hahn, Jae Won ^a   Park, Chul Woung ^a   Park, Seung Nam ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Coherent anti stokes raman spectroscopy; Furnace; Modeless dye laser; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DYE LASERS; DYES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FURNACES; LIGHT EMISSION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; BEAM DIVERGENCE; COHERENT ANTI STOKES RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE TUBE FURNACE; MODELESS DYE LASER;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031580757     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006722     Document Type: Article

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