Title :
A chaotic optical cavity combined with a quantum cascade laser for chemical vapor sensing
Author :
Agrawal, Abhishek ; Hsu, Allen ; Whitworth, Pat ; Narimanov, Evgenii ; Gmachl, Claire
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering and MIRTHE, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
Abstract :
A novel multi-pass optical cavity with partially-chaotic ray dynamics has been combined with a Quantum Cascade laser for sensing of ethanol. The 4-cm diameter cavity shows an optical path length in the mid-infrared of ¿4.5-m.
Keywords :
Chaos; Chemical lasers; Ethanol; High speed optical techniques; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431166
