Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based on difference frequency mixing

Frank K. Tittel; David G. Lancaster; Dirk A. Richter; Lew Goldberg; Jeffrey P. Koplow

doi:10.1117/12.366449

25 October 1999 Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based on difference frequency mixing

Frank K. Tittel, David G. Lancaster, Dirk A. Richter, Lew Goldberg, Jeffrey P. Koplow

Proceedings Volume 3758, Application of Tunable Diode and Other Infrared Sources for Atmospheric Studies and Industrial Processing Monitoring II; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366449
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The development of compact mid-IR sources using frequency- converted diode lasers has been demonstrated to be applicable for the ultra sensitive, selective, and real time detection of many trace gas species in the infrared spectroscopic fingerprint region, which contains virtually all the fundamental vibrational modes of molecules. This development of infrared laser sources has taken advantage of recent significant technological advances of semiconductor diode lasers and solid state lasers, new nonlinear optical materials, optical fiber and novel data acquisition techniques. Such sensors are able to detect molecules at the parts-per-billion level in ambient air using infrared absorption spectroscopy either by monitoring trace gases in an open path or multi-pass cell configuration. Real world applications ranging from urban, industrial, rural emission studies to spacecraft habitat monitoring are described.

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Frank K. Tittel, David G. Lancaster, Dirk A. Richter, Lew Goldberg, and Jeffrey P. Koplow "Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based on difference frequency mixing", Proc. SPIE 3758, Application of Tunable Diode and Other Infrared Sources for Atmospheric Studies and Industrial Processing Monitoring II, (25 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366449

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