2003•Conference on Lasers and Electro-OpticsRequires access

Spectroscopic gas sensing with a short high-finesse optical cavity: a comparison of different approaches

Yury A. Bakhirkin, A.A. Kosterev, F.K. Tittell

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Different modifications of integrated cavity output spectroscopy and cavity ringdown spectroscopy techniques with a quantum cascade laser have been implemented and compared in order to achieve maximum sensitivity to gas absorption in a short (<5 cm) high-finesse optical cavity.

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Key concepts: Finesse, Cavity ring-down spectroscopy, Optical cavity, Spectroscopy, Quantum cascade laser, Materials science, Cascade, Optics