Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.

An optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (OF-CEAS) apparatus has been developed, using a distributed feedback diode laser centred close to a wavelength of 1596 nm. Light from a V-shaped optical cavity is allowed to feed back to the laser diode, injection seeding the laser at the c...

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Main Authors: Baran, S, Hancock, G, Peverall, R, Ritchie, G, van Leeuwen, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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author Baran, S
Hancock, G
Peverall, R
Ritchie, G
van Leeuwen, N
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Hancock, G
Peverall, R
Ritchie, G
van Leeuwen, N
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description An optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (OF-CEAS) apparatus has been developed, using a distributed feedback diode laser centred close to a wavelength of 1596 nm. Light from a V-shaped optical cavity is allowed to feed back to the laser diode, injection seeding the laser at the cavity mode frequencies, and bringing about linewidth narrowing and frequency locking to the cavity resonance. The OF-CEAS technique's expediency and sensitivity have been demonstrated, first on measurements of aerial water absorptions close to 6260.8 cm(-)(1), and then on two carbon dioxide absorptions close to 6261.7 cm(-)(1) which may be used to measure the concentrations of (13)CO(2) and (12)CO(2) isotopologues in a CO(2) sample. Employing a cavity of moderate finesse (F approximately 3500), an acquisition time-reduced minimum detectable absorption coefficient of 5.8 x 10(-)(9) cm(-)(1) s(1/2) has been determined.
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spelling oxford-uuid:5f14e271-42b8-4814-91f5-39fa2efae6462022-03-26T17:44:41ZOptical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5f14e271-42b8-4814-91f5-39fa2efae646EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Baran, SHancock, GPeverall, RRitchie, Gvan Leeuwen, NAn optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (OF-CEAS) apparatus has been developed, using a distributed feedback diode laser centred close to a wavelength of 1596 nm. Light from a V-shaped optical cavity is allowed to feed back to the laser diode, injection seeding the laser at the cavity mode frequencies, and bringing about linewidth narrowing and frequency locking to the cavity resonance. The OF-CEAS technique's expediency and sensitivity have been demonstrated, first on measurements of aerial water absorptions close to 6260.8 cm(-)(1), and then on two carbon dioxide absorptions close to 6261.7 cm(-)(1) which may be used to measure the concentrations of (13)CO(2) and (12)CO(2) isotopologues in a CO(2) sample. Employing a cavity of moderate finesse (F approximately 3500), an acquisition time-reduced minimum detectable absorption coefficient of 5.8 x 10(-)(9) cm(-)(1) s(1/2) has been determined.
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Ritchie, G
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Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.
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title_full Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.
title_fullStr Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.
title_full_unstemmed Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.
title_short Optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers.
title_sort optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy with diode lasers
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