Title :
Development of a high sensitivity Faraday rotation spectrometer for Nitric Oxide monitoring
Author :
Wang, Yin ; So, Stephen ; Jeng, Evan ; Muller, Antoine ; Wysocki, Gerard
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Detailed noise analysis and system optimization of a DFB-QCL based Faraday rotation spectroscopic system for Nitric Oxide sensing is reported. New strategies for improvements of the ultimate sensitivity will be discussed.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; distributed feedback lasers; laser noise; quantum cascade lasers; spectrometers; DFB-QCL; high sensitivity Faraday rotation spectrometer; nitric oxide monitoring; noise analysis; system optimization; Frequency; Laser noise; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic noise; Monitoring; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
