Ultrasensitive detections in atomic and molecular physics: Demonstration in molecular overtone spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-15

  Ye, Jun ^a,b   Ma, Long Sheng ^a,c   Hall, John L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0032326827     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000006     Document Type: Article

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