Sub-Doppler dispersion and noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy revised

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1166-1177

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

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HETERODYNING; KRAMERS-KRONIG RELATIONS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE SHIFT; SHOT NOISE; SUPERSATURATION;

ARBITRARY DEGREE; COUNTERPROPAGATING; DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; DOPPLER DISPERSIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PEAK ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL HETERODYNING;

EID: 50649122627     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.001166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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