• DocumentCode
    520921
  • Title

    First experimental studies of the resonant optothermoacoustic detection technique

  • Author

    Doty, James H., III ; Kosterev, Anatoliy A. ; Tittel, Frank K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel technique for detecting optical absorption in gases is demonstrated. The technique called resonant optothermoacoustic detection (ROTADE) is based on energy transfer from the optical beam area to a mechanical oscillator via molecular diffusion.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Energy exchange; Gas lasers; Laser tuning; Mechanical sensors; Optical sensors; Radiation detectors; Resonance; Semiconductor radiation detectors; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500525