Quantum cascade laser linewidth investigations for high resolution photoacoustic spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Germer, Markus ^a   Wolff, Marcus ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; LINEWIDTH; MODULATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PULSE TIME MODULATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; GAS DETECTION SYSTEMS; LASER-BASED SYSTEMS; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 61449153937     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000B80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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