• DocumentCode
    2784852
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431166
  • Filename
    4431166