A new method of detecting laser magnetic resonance in the gas phase that em
ploys the measurement of a modulated photoacoustic signal is reported in th
is Letter. The technique is applied to a study of the NO2 spectrum using bo
th Light intensity and laser cavity frequency modulation. The method is dem
onstrated to have higher sensitivity than the usual absorption techniques.
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