Doppler-broadened noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry signals from optically saturated transitions under low pressure conditions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1156-1165

  Foltynowicz, Aleksandra ^a   Ma, Weiguang ^a   Florian, Weiguang Ma ^a   Schmidt, Florian M ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HETERODYNING; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; SUPERSATURATION;

ABSORPTION SIGNALS; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; FREQUENCY MODULATED; LOW-PRESSURE CONDITIONS; OPTICAL SATURATION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SATURATION POWER; TRACE SPECIES;

OPTICAL HETERODYNING;

EID: 50649097795     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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