Applications of advanced light sources to cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Author

Paldus, B.A. ; Crosson, E.R. ; Ricci, K.N. ; Richman, B.A. ; Kachanov, A.A. ; Vodopyanov, K. ; Owano, T.G. ; Provencal, R.A. ; Todd, M.W. ; Dahnke, H. ; Glasser, J. ; Chilese, F.C.

Author_Institution

BlueLeaf Networks, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

626

Abstract

Summary from only given. We have developed two types of laser sources that are both simple and inexpensive for spectroscopic applications. One is a continuous wave broadly tunable hybrid external cavity laser that generates near-infrared radiation; the other is a ZnGeP/sub 2/ optical parametric oscillator based pulsed laser that is broadly tunable in the mid-infrared.

Keywords

infrared spectroscopy; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical parametric oscillators; optical resonators; spectroscopic light sources; ZnGeP/sub 2/; ZnGeP/sub 2/ optical parametric oscillator; advanced light sources; cavity ring-down IR spectroscopy; external cavity laser; laser sources; pulsed laser; tunable hybrid laser; Distributed feedback devices; Frequency; Laser feedback; Light sources; Optical feedback; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optimized production technology; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034403

Filename

1034403