Laser & Infrared, Volume. 54, Issue 3, 323(2024)

Research progress and application of mid-infrared cavity ring-down spectroscopy

SUN Le1,2,3,4, MO Ze-qiang3,4, HU Yu-yuan1,3,4, TANG Ji-long1,2、*, and WEI Zhi-peng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser of Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
  • 2Zhongshan Institute of Changchun University of Science and Technology, Zhongshan 528437, China
  • 3Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Computational Optical Imaging Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
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    Received: Jul. 3, 2023

    Accepted: Jun. 4, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 4, 2025

    The Author Email: TANG Ji-long (jl_tangcust@163.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5078.2024.03.001

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