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Measuring Pressures With Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

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Author(s)

Roger D. van Zee, J P. Looney, Joseph T. Hodges

Abstract

The industrial demand for sensitive and noninvasive tools with which to measure pressure has spurred the use of optical methods to make these measurements. This paper reviews these industrial needs, and discusses how cavity ring-down spectroscopy can be used to meet these needs.
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SPIE series

Keywords

cavity ring-down spectroscopy (crds), humidity, partial pressure, pressure, vacuum

Citation

van Zee, R. , Looney, J. and Hodges, J. (1998), Measuring Pressures With Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy, SPIE series, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=830611 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created December 31, 1997, Updated October 12, 2021
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