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Nature Photonics 3, 82 - 84 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.284
Spectroscopy: Frequency comb benefits
Thomas Udem1
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Thomas Udem is at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Hans-Kopfermann-Strasse 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany.
e-mail: thomas.udem@mpq.mpg.de
Abstract
By using an optical frequency comb as a light source for Fourier transform spectroscopy, scientists show that well-resolved absorption and dispersion spectra can be recorded simultaneously, providing sensitive detection of multiple molecular species over a broad spectral window.
