Methane in ambient air is detected by difference frequency generation in a direct-bonded quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 ridge waveguide using near infrared communication band laser diodes as pump and signal sources. Absorption lines for the Q branch in the 3.3 μm ν3 band are measured by using a Hanst configuration multipass cell with a 107 m path length. The authors detect 35 ppb CH4 in 2 kPa ambient air with a single wavelength scan of a signal external cavity laser diode by suppressing various spectroscopic fringes and stabilizing the pump laser diode oscillation mode with a fiber Bragg grating.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:89
,
Issue:
22
)
Date of Publication:
Nov 2006
- Page(s):
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221115
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221115-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.2397565
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Nov 2006