Continuous-wave stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy with cavity-ringdown detection
Date
2006
Authors
Englich, Florian Viktor
He, Y.
Orr, Brian J.
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Journal article
Citation
Applied Physics B, 2006; 83(1):1-5
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F.V. Englich, Y. He and B.J. Orr
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Abstract
Cavity ringdown (CRD) spectroscopy is extended for the first time from its conventional optical-absorption mode of operation into the regime of coherent Raman spectroscopy. Continuous-wave (cw) stimulated Raman gain (SRG) spectra of the 2916.5-cm-1 ν1 rovibrational fundamental Raman band of methane (CH4) gas are measured, using tunable cw laser light at ∼1544 nm to probe ringdown decay from a rapidly swept optical cavity that is itself inside the cavity of a cw single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YAG ring laser operating at ∼1064.5 nm. The resulting change of ringdown decay rate is dependent on pump laser irradiance and is associated with Raman gain. Remarkably, such SRG-CRD resonances display ringdown times that are longer than in the off-resonance case, contrasting with the usual reduction of ringdown time associated with absorption and other loss processes.
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School of Chemistry and Physics