Servo control of amplitude modulation in frequency-modulation spectroscopy: demonstration of shot-noise-limited detection
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- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 2 (9) , 1527-1533
Abstract
We describe and demonstrate a new method to reduce actively the amplitude modulation of a phase-modulated laser to the shot-noise limit. This theoretical limit of ultrahigh sensitivity of FM spectroscopy is achieved in a linear absorption experiment with iodine.Keywords
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