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Laser Spectroscopy

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One of the essential advantages that single-mode lasers can offer for high-resolution spectroscopy is the possibility of overcoming the limitation set by Doppler broadening. Several techniques have been developed that are based on selective saturation of atomic or molecular transitions by sufficiently intense lasers.

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Demtröder, W. (2003). Nonlinear Spectroscopy. In: Laser Spectroscopy. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05155-9_7

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