Characterization of an external cavity diode laser based ring cavity NICE-OHMS system

被引:23
作者
Bell, C. L. [1 ]
Hancock, G. [1 ]
Peverall, R. [1 ]
Ritchie, G. A. D. [1 ]
van Helden, J. H. [1 ]
van Leeuwen, N. J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Chem, Phys & Theoret Chem Lab, Oxford OX1 3QZ, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
HETERODYNE MOLECULAR SPECTROMETRY; FREQUENCY-MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAWEAK TRANSITIONS; STABILIZATION; C2H2;
D O I
10.1364/OE.17.009834
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The performance of an external cavity diode laser based noise immune cavity enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometer is presented. To reduce the noise on the signal a ring cavity and a circuit to remove residual amplitude modulation on the pre-cavity laser radiation was implemented. We demonstrate a sensitivity of 4 x 10(-11) cm(-1) Hz(-1/2) using a cavity with a finesse of 2600 on a Doppler-broadened transition of CH4 at 6610.063 cm(-1). (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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页码:9834 / 9839
页数:6
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