Improving the power and spectral performance of a 27-33 THz AgGaS2 difference-frequency spectrometer

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 592-595

  Kaing, T ^a   Zondy, Jean Jacques ^a   Yelisseyev, A P ^b   Lobanov, S I ^b   Isaenko, Ludmila I ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Difference frequency generation; Frequency metrology; Infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041541209     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769665     Document Type: Article

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