Fiber-laser-based noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry instrumentation for Doppler-broadened detection in the 10 -12 cm-1 Hz-1/2 region

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1305-1315

  Ehlers, Patrick ^a   Silander, Isak ^a   Wang, Junyang ^a   Axner, Ove ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOPPLER EFFECT; HETERODYNING; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOMASKS; WHITE NOISE;

ABSORBANCES; ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATOR; CAVITY MODE; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE LAYERS; GAS SYSTEMS; LASER FREQUENCY; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; PER UNIT LENGTH; TEMPERATURE REGULATIONS;

LASER MODE LOCKING;

EID: 84861830473     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001305     Document Type: Article

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