Title :
Optical readout of micro tuning forks for spectroscopic applications
Author :
Köhring, Michael ; Willer, Ulrike ; Schade, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Frannhofer Heinrich Hertz Inst., Goslar, Germany
Abstract :
Interferometrically read-out micro tuning forks are used as small bandwidth acoustic wave detector in photoacoustic spectroscopy. A comparison to the piezoelectrically read-out QEPAS technique and a miniaturized future PAS sensor design is presented.
Keywords :
optical tuning; photoacoustic spectroscopy; interferometrically read-out microtuning forks; miniaturized future PAS sensor design; optical readout; photoacoustic spectroscopy; piezoelectrically read-out QEPAS technique; small bandwidth acoustic wave detector; spectroscopic applications; Acoustic beams; Laser beams; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
