TY - JOUR
T1 - Off-axis continuous-wave cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy of narrow-band and broadband absorbers using red diode lasers
AU - Kasyutich, V.L.
AU - Canosa-Mas, C.E.
AU - Pfrang, C.
AU - Vaughan, Stewart
AU - Wayne, R.P.
PY - 2002/11
Y1 - 2002/11
N2 - We present an application of continuous-wave (cw) cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) with off-axis alignment geometry of the cavity and with time integration of the cavity output intensity for detection of narrow-band and broadband absorbers using single-mode red diode lasers at λ=687.1 nm and λ=662 nm, respectively. Off-axis cw CEAS was applied to kinetic studies of the nitrate radical using a broadband absorption line at λ=662 nm. A rate constant for the reaction between the nitrate radical and E-but-2-eneof (3.78±0.17)×10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 was measured using a discharge-flow system. A nitrate-radical noise-equivalent (1σ≡ root-mean-square variation of the signal) detection sensitivity of 5.5×109 molecule cm-3 was achieved in a flow tube with a diameter of 4 cm and for a mirror reflectivity of ∼99.9% and a lock-in amplifier time constant of 3 s. In this case, a noise-equivalent fractional absorption per one optical pass of 1.6×10-6 was demonstrated at a detection bandwidth of 1 Hz. A wavelength-modulation technique (modulation frequency of 10 kHz) in conjunction with off-axis cw CEAS has also been used for recording 1f- and 2f-harmonic spectra of the RR(15) absorption of the b1Σg +-X3Σg - (1,0) band of molecular oxygen at ν¯¯¯=14553.947 cm-1. Noise-equivalent fractional absorptions per one optical pass of 1.35×10-5, 6.9×10-7 and 1.9×10-6 were obtained for direct detection of the time-integrated cavity output intensity, 1f- and 2f-harmonic detection, respectively, with a mirror reflectivity of ∼99.8%, a cavity length of 0.22 m and a detection bandwidth of 1 Hz.
AB - We present an application of continuous-wave (cw) cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) with off-axis alignment geometry of the cavity and with time integration of the cavity output intensity for detection of narrow-band and broadband absorbers using single-mode red diode lasers at λ=687.1 nm and λ=662 nm, respectively. Off-axis cw CEAS was applied to kinetic studies of the nitrate radical using a broadband absorption line at λ=662 nm. A rate constant for the reaction between the nitrate radical and E-but-2-eneof (3.78±0.17)×10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 was measured using a discharge-flow system. A nitrate-radical noise-equivalent (1σ≡ root-mean-square variation of the signal) detection sensitivity of 5.5×109 molecule cm-3 was achieved in a flow tube with a diameter of 4 cm and for a mirror reflectivity of ∼99.9% and a lock-in amplifier time constant of 3 s. In this case, a noise-equivalent fractional absorption per one optical pass of 1.6×10-6 was demonstrated at a detection bandwidth of 1 Hz. A wavelength-modulation technique (modulation frequency of 10 kHz) in conjunction with off-axis cw CEAS has also been used for recording 1f- and 2f-harmonic spectra of the RR(15) absorption of the b1Σg +-X3Σg - (1,0) band of molecular oxygen at ν¯¯¯=14553.947 cm-1. Noise-equivalent fractional absorptions per one optical pass of 1.35×10-5, 6.9×10-7 and 1.9×10-6 were obtained for direct detection of the time-integrated cavity output intensity, 1f- and 2f-harmonic detection, respectively, with a mirror reflectivity of ∼99.8%, a cavity length of 0.22 m and a detection bandwidth of 1 Hz.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00340-002-1032-3
DO - 10.1007/s00340-002-1032-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0946-2171
VL - 75
SP - 755
EP - 761
JO - Applied Physics B
JF - Applied Physics B
ER -