Tunable diode-laser spectroscopy with wavelength modulation: A calibration-free approach to the recovery of absolute gas absorption line shapes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3114-3125

  Duffin, Kevin ^a   McGettrick, Andrew James ^a   Johnstone, Walter ^a   Stewart, George ^a   Moodie, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b OptoSci Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration free; Industrial processes; Tunable diode laser spectroscopy (TDLS); Wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAS ABSORPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

PHASE-SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DETECTION; RESIDUAL-AMPLITUDE-MODULATION SIGNAL; TUNABLE-DIODE-LASER SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH-MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 36348971326     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.904937     Document Type: Article

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