Detection of CO in air by diode-pumped 4.6-mu m difference-frequency generation in quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3

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作者
Petrov, KP
Goldberg, L
Burns, WK
Curl, RF
Tittel, FK
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[1] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
[2] RICE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,HOUSTON,TX 77251
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10.1364/OL.21.000086
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Detection of CO, N2O, and CO2 in ambient air was performed with a room-temperature cw IR source based on difference-frequency generation in periodically poled LiNbO3. The source was pumped by a seeded high-power GaAlAs amplifier at 860 nm and a diode-pumped monolithic Nd:YAG ring laser at 1064 nm. The IR output was tunable between 2160 and 2320 cm(-1) without crystal rotation. The CO detection sensitivity is extrapolated to 5 ppb m/root Hz if limited by IR intensity noise. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America
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