Quasi zero-background tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy employing a balanced Michelson interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21714-21720

  Guan, Zuguang ^a,b   Lewander, Märta ^a   Svanberg, Sune ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS ABSORPTION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABSORPTIVE REDUCTION; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LIGHT FLUXES; TUNABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; TUNABLE DIODE LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58149112500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021714     Document Type: Article

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