Optical heterodyne Herriott-type multipass laser absorption spectrometer

Chuanliang Li, Lulu Liu, Xuanbing Qiu, Jilin Wei, Lunhua Deng, Yangqin Chen

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Abstract

We present a Herriott-type multipass laser absorption spectrometer enhanced by optical heterodyne detection. The proposal is demonstrated by measuring the spectra of water vapor molecule in the region from 12247.6873 to 12249.6954 cm-1. Compared with direct absorption spectroscopy, the signal-to-noise ratio is improved nearly one magnitude of factor by combining with the optical heterodyne spectroscopy and extra weak absorption lines are observed. The minimum detectable absorption is estimated at 4.36×10-8cm-1 and the measured line shape dominated by Doppler broadening can be precisely recovered by direct transformation of experimental optical heterodyne spectral profile.

Original languageEnglish
Article number013001
JournalChinese Optics Letters
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jan 2015

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