Control of frequency chirp in nanosecond-pulsed laser spectroscopy. 1. Optical-heterodyne chirp analysis techniques

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1577-1585

  White, Richard T ^a   He, Yabai ^a   Orr, Brian J ^a   Kono, Mitsuhiko ^b   Baldwin, K G H ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CURVE FITTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PUMPING (LASER); SPECTROSCOPY;

DIRECT CURVE FITTING; ELECTRONIC MIXING; FREQUENCY CHIRP; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; PULSED LASER SPECTROSCOPY; SINUSOIDAL MODULATION; SYNTHETIC BEAT WAVEFORMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 10044288494     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001577     Document Type: Article

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