Title :
Mid-Infrared Methane Sensing Using an Optical Parametric Oscillator and a Photonic Bandgap Fiber as a Gas Cell
Author :
L. W. Kornaszewski;N. Gayraud;W. N. MacPherson;D. P. Hand;D. T. Reid;J. M. Stone;A. K. George;J. C. Knight
Author_Institution :
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. Phone: +44(0)131 451 3046 - Fax: +44(0)131 451 3136 - lwk1@hw.ac.uk
fDate :
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Mid-infrared methane sensing is demonstrated using a photonic bandgap fiber-based gas cell and broadband idler pulses from a periodically-poled lithium niobate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator as the light source for Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Keywords :
"Optical sensors","Oscillators","Photonic bandgap fibers","Ultrafast optics","Photonic band gap","Optical pulses","Lithium niobate","Light sources","Fourier transforms","Infrared spectra"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452838
