6. Glossary

Fabry-Perot cavity; Fabry-Perot cavity

The simplest optical cavity consists of two mirrors facing each other and an amplifying medium.

Chirped pulse or chirp

Non-stationary sinusoidal signal whose frequency varies over time.

Composé organique volatil; Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

an organic compound refers to any compound containing at least the element carbon and one or more of the following elements: hydrogen, halogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, silicon or nitrogen, with the exception of carbon oxides and inorganic carbonates and bicarbonates.

FID: free induction decay

Decreasing exponential signal emitted by a system excited by a pulse.

Supersonic jet; supersonic jet

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