Ultra-sensitive surface absorption spectroscopy using sub-wavelength diameter optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 11952-11958

  Warken, F ^a   Vetsch, E ^a,c   Meschede, D ^a   Sokolowski, M ^b   Rauschenbeutel, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGLOMERATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS;

EVANESCENT FIELDS; FIBER TRANSMISSION; SURFACE ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34648837214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011952     Document Type: Article

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