Resolution limits of laser spectroscopic absorption measurements with hollow glass waveguides

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 5254-5261

  Chen, Jia ^a,b   Hangauer, Andreas ^a,b   Strzoda, Rainer ^a   Amann, Markus Christian ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; FIBER TRANSMISSIONS; HOLLOW CAPILLARIES; HOLLOW GLASS WAVEGUIDE; RESOLUTION LIMITS; SENSOR RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ABSORPTION; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 77957579625     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.005254     Document Type: Article

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