Theoretical description of Doppler-broadened noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy under optically saturated conditions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1144-1155

  Ma, Weiguang ^a   Foltynowicz, Aleksandra ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ABSORPTION SIGNALS; ADDITIONAL DEPENDENCES; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DISPERSION PHASE; DOPPLER LIMIT; NOISE IMMUNE; OPTICAL SATURATION; SATURATED CONDITIONS;

OPTICAL HETERODYNING;

EID: 50649119353     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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