Faraday rotation spectroscopy based on permanent magnets for sensitive detection of oxygen at atmospheric conditions

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 29727-29742

  Brumfield, Brian ^a   Wysocki, Gerard ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHOT NOISE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BALANCED DETECTION; DETECTION LIMITS; FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; JONES CALCULUS; LASER WAVELENGTH; LOW POWER; POLARIZATION ROTATION; RARE EARTH MAGNET; SENSITIVE DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 84872037068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.029727     Document Type: Article

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