Characterization of fiber-laser-based sub-Doppler NICE-OHMS for quantitative trace gas detection

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14689-14702

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

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE SHIFT;

CHARACTERIZATION OF FIBERS; DOPPLER DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC RANGE; INTRACAVITIES; OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; TRACE GAS DETECTION;

OPTICAL HETERODYNING;

METHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; GASES; LASERS; METHANE; MICROCHEMISTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 51849109082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014689     Document Type: Article

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