Optical 'Frequency Comb' Can Detect the Breath of Disease (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Optical 'Frequency Comb' Can Detect the Breath of Disease

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Schematic of a breath analyzer that uses "frequency combs," an optical tool that led to a recent Nobel Prize in Physics for JILA fellow Jan Hall.

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Univ. of Colorado/JILA

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