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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Baseline-Free Quantitative Absorption Spectroscopy Based on Molecular Free Induction Decay

Ryan K. Cole, Amanda S. Makowiecki, Nazanin Hoghooghi, Gregory B. Rieker

Published May 5, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate baseline-free, quantitative absorption spectroscopy based on modifications to the free induction decay signal of molecules in the time domain. We apply the technique to a broad-absorbing mixture to retrieve concentrations with unprecedented accuracy. © 2019 The Author(s)
DOI
10.23919/cleo.2019.8750381

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