Characterization of an external cavity diode laser based ring cavity NICE-OHMS system

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9834-9839

  Bell, C L ^a   Hancock, G ^a   Peverall, R ^a   Ritchie, G A D ^a   Van Helden, J H ^a   Van Leeuwen, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL HETERODYNING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

A-RINGS; DOPPLER; EXTERNAL-CAVITY DIODE LASER; NOISE IMMUNE; RESIDUAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RING CAVITIES;

LASER RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 66849091749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009834     Document Type: Article

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