CW cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) with a semiconductor optical amplifier as intensity modulator

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 463, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 246-250

  Huang, Haifeng ^a   Lehmann, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT MODULATION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOMASKS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CW-CRDS; EXTINCTION RATIO; INTENSITY MODULATORS; SEMI-CONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 51349104628     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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