Measurement of acetylene-d absorption lines with a self-referenced fiber laser frequency comb

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2727-2735

  Jiang, Jie ^a   Bernard, John E ^b   Madej, Alan A ^b   Czajkowski, Andrzej ^c   Drissler, Sibyl ^a   Jones, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACETYLENE; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GROUND-STATE MOLECULAR CONSTANTS; MODULATION AMPLITUDE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 36949024678     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002727     Document Type: Article

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