Doppler-broadened noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry signals from optically saturated transitions under low pressure conditions

Foltynowicz, Aleksandra,1981-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för fysik (författare)

The influence of optical saturation on noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry (NICE-OHMS) signals from purely Doppler-broadened transitions is investigated experimentally. It is shown that the shape and the strength of the dispersion signal are virtually unaffected by optical saturation, whereas the strength of the absorption signal decreases as (1+G+-1)-1/2, where G+-1 is the degree of saturation induced by the sideband of the frequency modulated triplet, in agreement with theoretical predictions. This implies, first of all, that Doppler-broadened NICE-OHMS is affected less by optical saturation than other cavity enhanced techniques but also that it exhibits nonlinearities in the power and pressure dependence for all detection phases except pure dispersion. A methodology for assessments of the degree of saturation and the saturation power of a transition from Doppler-broadened NICE-OHMS signals is given. The implications of optical saturation for practical trace species detection by Doppler-broadened NICE-OHMS are discussed.

NATURVETENSKAP Fysik Atom- och molekylfysik och optik hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Physical Sciences Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics hsv//eng
spectroscopy heterodyne
spectroscopy modulation
absorption
trace species detection
cavity enhanced spectrometry
Optical physics
Optisk fysik
Molecular physics
Molekylfysik

Ma, WeiguangUmeå universitet,Institutionen för fysik(Swepub:umu)wema0001 (författare)
Schmidt, Florian M.Umeå universitet,Institutionen för fysik(Swepub:umu)flnsct02 (författare)
Axner, OveUmeå universitet,Institutionen för fysik(Swepub:umu)ovax0001 (författare)
Umeå universitetInstitutionen för fysik (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics25:7, s. 1156-11650740-32241520-8540

Av författaren/redakt...: Foltynowicz, Ale ...; Ma, Weiguang; Schmidt, Florian ...; Axner, Ove

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