Title :
Mode-locked cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy
Author :
Gherman, T. ; Eslami, E. ; Sadeghi, N. ; Romanini, D.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Spectrometrie Physique, Grenoble Univ., Saint Martin d´´Heres, France
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate the cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy technique with a frequency doubled ML Ti:Sa laser and a much better spectrograph (resolving power >200000), to study absorption by nitrogen ions in a plasma around 390 nm. In addition, they are implementing electronic locking to the magic point resonance which greatly increases signal level and will allow obtaining (and reporting) ML-CEAS measurements with much higher cavity finesse: F > 5×105.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; nitrogen; optical harmonic generation; resonance; solid lasers; spectroscopic light sources; titanium; ultraviolet spectra; Al2O3:Ti; N; electronic locking; finesse; magic point resonance; mode-locked cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy; nitrogen ion absorption; Absorption; Charge coupled devices; Frequency; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Plasma measurements; Ring lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Spectroscopy; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314105