Title :
Novel NO2 detection based on cavity ringdown spectroscopy using a power build-up cavity
Author :
Sato, Jun-ichi ; Yamauchi, Ken ; Nemoto, Kana ; Yamaguchi, Shigeru ; Endo, Masamori ; Nanri, Kenzo ; Fujioka, Tomoo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Tokai Univ., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reports a laser diode pumped power build-up cavity (PBC) to apply for cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS). The PBC is a compact-high finesse external cavity laser diode, which can obtain resonant enhancement without active cavity length control. PBC is applied generally undesired feed backed beam to cavity resonant enhancement. More than 2.30 μs of ringdown time was achieved with a very small gas sampling volume about 2.5ml. Sensitivity of 3.62 × 10-7 cm-1 corresponding to NO2 detection limit of less than 1.7 ppm was achieved.
Keywords :
gas sensors; laser cavity resonators; measurement by laser beam; nitrogen compounds; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; spectrochemical analysis; spectroscopic light sources; NO2; NO2 detection; cavity resonant enhancement; cavity ringdown spectroscopy; external cavity laser diode; power build-up cavity; Absorption; Diode lasers; Laser modes; Light sources; Mirrors; Optical feedback; Quantum cascade lasers; Reflectivity; Ring lasers; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548292