Diode-laser-based ultraviolet absorption sensor for nitric oxide Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • An all-solid-state continuous-wave laser system for ultraviolet absorption measurements of the nitric oxide (NO) molecule has been developed and demonstrated. The single-mode, tunable output of a 10-mW, 395-nm external-cavity diode laser (ECDL) is sum-frequency-mixed with the output of a 115-mW, frequency-doubled, diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser in a beta-barium-borate crystal to produce 40 nW of tunable radiation at 226.8 nm. The wavelength of the 395-nm ECDL is then scanned over NO absorption lines to produce fully resolved absorption spectra. Initial results from mixtures of NO in nitrogen in a room-temperature gas cell are discussed. The estimated NO detection limit of the system for a demonstrated absorption sensitivity of 2 10-3 is 0.2 ppm per meter of path length for 300 K gas. The estimated accuracy of the measurements is 10%.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Hanna, S. F., Barron-Jimenez, R., Anderson, T. N., Lucht, R. P., Caton, J. A., & Walther, T.

citation count

  • 22

complete list of authors

  • Hanna, SF||Barron-Jimenez, R||Anderson, TN||Lucht, RP||Caton, JA||Walther, T

publication date

  • January 2002