Fiber-based optical frequency comb at 3.3 &#181;m for broadband spectroscopy of hydrocarbons [Invited]

Karol Krzempek; Dorota Tomaszewska; Aleksandra Foltynowicz; Grzegorz Sobon

doi:10.3788/COL202119.081406

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