• DocumentCode
    3001253
  • Title

    Airborne Difference Frequency Spectrometer for Ultra Sensitive Formaldehyde Measurements

  • Author

    Weibring, Petter ; Richter, Dirk ; Walega, James G. ; Fried, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Earth Observing Lab., Boulder
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An airborne, difference-frequency generation mid-IR spectrometer for ultra sensitive measurements of formaldehyde at 3.5 mum is described. The system performance is assessed during three airborne field missions, yielding sensitivities of ~20 pptv (absorbance ~7*10-7).
  • Keywords
    atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric techniques; infrared spectrometers; airborne difference frequency spectrometer; mid-IR spectrometer; ultra sensitive formaldehyde measurements; Aircraft; Atmospheric measurements; Beam steering; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical wavelength conversion; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452380
  • Filename
    4452380
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3001253