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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 9, 093002(2025)

Non-resonant quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Xuan Yang^1,2, Chu Zhang^1,2, Shunda Qiao¹, Ying He¹, Yanchen Qu¹, and Yufei Ma^1,2、*

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¹National Key Laboratory of Laser Spatial Information, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

²Zhengzhou Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou 450008, China

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Paper Information

Category: Spectroscopy

Received: Mar. 16, 2025

Accepted: May. 14, 2025

Posted: Jun. 16, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 13, 2025

The Author Email: Yufei Ma (mayufei@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.093002

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.093002

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