Absolute validation of a diode laser hygrometer via intercomparison with the German national primary water vapor standard

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 883-899

  Buchholz, B ^a,b   Bose N ^a   Ebert, V ^a,b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYGROMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; CHEMICAL SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIODE LASER HYGROMETER; FIRST-PRINCIPLES APPROACHES; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; TUNABLE DIODE LASER ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84906948317     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-014-5775-4     Document Type: Article

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