Molecular fingerprinting with the resolved modes of a femtosecond laser frequency comb

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7128, 2007, Pages 627-630

  Diddams, Scott A ^a   Hollberg, Leo ^a   Mbele, Vela ^a,b,c  

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

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

IODINE; LASER METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; VAPOR;

EID: 33846923340     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05524     Document Type: Article

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