Doppler-free polarization spectroscopy with a quantum cascade laser at 4.3 μm

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7440-7449

  Bartalini, S ^b   Borri, S ^a   De Natale, P ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FREQUENCY STABILITY; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPPLER; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; HOT BAND; POLARIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 66549120042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007440     Document Type: Article

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