Accurate absolute reference frequencies from 1511 to 1545 nm of the v1 + v3 band of 12C2H2 determined with laser frequency comb interval measurements

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2200-2208

  Madej, Alan A ^a   Alcock, A John ^a   Czajkowski, Andrzej ^b   Bernard, John E ^a   Chepurov, Sergei ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSOLUTE REFERENCE FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY INTERVAL; LASER FREQUENCY COMB; MOLECULAR CONSTANTS; SATURATION SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33751225051     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002200     Document Type: Article

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