Absolute frequency measurement of molecular transitions by a direct link to a comb generated around 3-μm

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8242-8249

  Malara, P ^a,b   Maddaloni, P ^a   Gagliardi, G ^a   De Natale, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

FREQUENCY COMB SYNTHESIZER; MOLECULAR VIBRATION SPECTRA; VIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 44649084295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008242     Document Type: Article

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