光腔衰荡技术与高灵敏吸收探测

腔衰荡光谱技术是一种新兴的主灵敏吸收光谱探测技术,已经被广泛地应用于原子、分子、团簇等吸收光谱的测量,且可实现10^-6－10^-14cm^-1量级吸收的测量,文章综述了腔衰荡光谱技术的发展及在吸收光谱探测上的应用。     

光外差腔衰荡光谱理论研究

提出了简化的光外差腔衰荡光谱技术，避免了通常腔衰荡光谱对衰荡时间的直接测量，同时消除了腔镜损耗的共模直流信号的测量.理论上其测量灵敏度可以达到量子噪声极限，而且技术实现相对简单，更适合于分子振转光谱研究.此外，还在理论上分析了该光谱技术具有的Gauss线型的一次微分光谱线型的特点，并讨论了一些实验参量对谱线强度和线型的影响，进而给出了最佳实验参量. 关键词： 光外差 腔衰荡光谱     

高灵敏腔衰荡光谱技术及其应用研究

光腔衰荡光谱(CRDS)技术具有精度高、灵敏度高、线性动态范围大的优势,被广泛应用于环境大气碳和水循环监测、人体呼气监测、深海/海洋溶解气体监测等领域.本文简要介绍了 CRDS的基本原理及其发展历程,梳理了近年来国内外研究机构在痕量气体及同位素探测上的应用研究进展,重点介绍了中国科学院安徽光学精密机械研究所在环境大气温...     

光纤腔衰荡光谱技术及其最新进展

阐述了腔衰荡光谱技术的基本原理及应用;从结构设计的角度考虑,归纳出光纤衰荡腔的三种基本结构,并对光纤腔衰荡光谱技术及其最新进展进行了评述;报道了我们采用脉冲光纤环衰荡光谱技术进行液体检测取得的最新进展;在总结光纤腔衰荡光谱技术优点的基础上,展望了其发展前景。     

基于光腔衰荡光谱的宽范围水汽探测

介绍基于光腔衰荡光谱技术的光学湿度测量装置．该装置具有高真空兼容性,衰荡腔由低膨胀的殷钢制成,并利用其自身的自由光谱范围实现光谱的自标定．使用单个在1.39 μm的半导体激光器,实 现了从真空、高纯氦气中痕量水汽,一直到大气湿度的测量,可测量的水汽分压范围极大：0.1 μPa～1 kPa．该光学湿度计可用于作为基本水汽标准,以及测定低温下水(冰)的蒸气压．     

光纤腔衰荡光谱技术及其最新进展

阐述了腔衰荡光谱技术的基本原理及应用;从结构设计的角度考虑,归纳出光纤衰荡腔的三种基本结构,并对光纤腔衰荡光谱技术及其最新进展进行了评述;报道了我们采用脉冲光纤环衰荡光谱技术进行液体检测取得的最新进展;在总结光纤腔衰荡光谱技术优点的基础上,展望了其发展前景.     

基于半导体激光的光腔衰荡光谱装置测定水汽含量

搭建了一套基于光腔衰荡光谱技术的光学湿度计. 通过测量水分子在1.35和1.56 μm波段不同强度的吸收线,可测定水汽的相对含量,测量范围从10^-2到低至10^-12水平. 通过与商用冷镜式露点仪的对比测量,对该装置的定量精度进行了检验. 该系统所具备的高灵敏度使得水汽探测极限可达8 pptv     

强流离子源光腔衰荡光谱应用研究

强流离子源是托卡马克中性束注入器的核心部件,为了满足未来对高能量离子束中性化效率的要求,负离子源成为中性束注入系统的首选。光腔衰荡光谱(cavity ring-down spectroscopy,CRDS)是一种超高灵敏探测吸收光谱技术。在强流负离子源中,利用氢负离子的光致剥离过程,CRDS可以用来测量氢负离子的绝对积分密度。与激光光致剥离法与光学发射光谱法相比,CRDS具有不受电磁干扰、不依赖等离子体参数、测量精度高等优点。强流离子源负离子密度测量所用CRDS系统由激光器、光学谐振腔、光电探测器和数据采集系统四部分组成。本文根据CRDS测量氢负离子密度的原理,详细推导了氢负离子密度的计算方法,给出了氢负离子密度测算表达式;然后,结合强流离子源实验室应用的具体情况,分析了各部分装置的选择原则与注意事项;最后,介绍了CRDS技术在德国马克斯-普朗克等离子体物理研究所、日本国立聚变科学研究所、意大利Consorzio RFX研究所强流负离子源研究中的应用情况。实验结果表明,源腔气压、源功率等源参数会影响氢负离子密度;铯的注入可以将氢负离子密度从1016 m-3量级提高到1017 m-3量级;同时,日本NIFS的实验结果证明氢负离子密度与引出电流呈线性关系。     

基于光腔衰荡光谱的便携式呼气异戊二烯分析仪性能评估

呼气异戊二烯是一种内源性代谢产物,其含量与人体血液中的胆固醇水平存在关联.但人体呼气影响因素众多,寻找其与胆固醇水平诊断参数的定量相关性,需要对选取的特定人群进行有效的呼吸气体分析(实时、在线、高灵敏度、高选择性、高精度的大量呼气数据获取).光腔衰荡光谱(CRDS)是一种具有极高灵敏度、稳定性和选择性的光谱技术.采用目...     

光腔衰荡法测量高反射率的实验研究

基于光腔衰荡光谱技术,建立了以共焦腔为衰荡腔的单波长反射率测量装置,该装置可用于精密测量全固体激光器高反射率腔镜的反射率,检测得到了高反腔镜在946nm的反射率。实验测得平凹镜和平面镜衰荡时间的平均值分别为1．624μs和821ns,平凹镜的反射率为99．794％,相对误差精确到10^-5;平面反射镜的反射率为99．800％,相对误差精确到10^-4。结果表明,光腔衰荡法可用于高反射率腔镜反射率的测量,与分光光度计测得的结果相比,具有非常高的测量精度。     

A low-volume cavity ring-down spectrometer for sample-limited applications

In atmospheric and environmental sciences, optical spectrometers are used for the measurements of greenhouse gas mole fractions and the isotopic composition of water vapor or greenhouse gases. The large sample cell volumes (tens of milliliters to several liters) in commercially available spectrometers constrain the usefulness of such instruments for applications that are limited in sample size and/or need to track fast variations in the sample stream. In an effort to make spectrometers more suitable for sample-limited applications, we developed a low-volume analyzer capable of measuring mole fractions of methane and carbon monoxide based on a commercial cavity ring-down spectrometer. The instrument has a small sample cell (9.6 ml) and can selectively be operated at a sample cell pressure of 140, 45, or 20 Torr (effective internal volume of 1.8, 0.57, and 0.25 ml). We present the new sample cell design and the flow path configuration, which are optimized for small sample sizes. To quantify the spectrometer’s usefulness for sample-limited applications, we determine the renewal rate of sample molecules within the low-volume spectrometer. Furthermore, we show that the performance of the low-volume spectrometer matches the performance of the standard commercial analyzers by investigating linearity, precision, and instrumental drift.     

A DFG-based cavity ring-down spectrometer for trace gas sensing in the mid-infrared

Continuing studies into an all-diode laser-based 3.3 μm difference frequency generation cavity ring-down spectroscopy system are presented. Light from a 1,560 nm diode laser, amplified by an erbium-doped fibre amplifier, was mixed with 1,064 nm diode laser radiation in a bulk periodically poled lithium niobate crystal to generate 16 μW of mid-IR light at 3,346 nm with a conversion efficiency of $0.05\,\%\,{\text{W}}^{-1}\,{\text{cm}}^{-1}$ . This radiation was coupled into a 77 cm long linear cavity with average mirror reflectivities of 0.9996, and a measured baseline ring-down time of $6.07\pm 0.03\,\upmu{\rm s}$ . The potential of such a spectrometer was illustrated by investigating the $P(3)$ transition in the fundamental $\nu_{3}(F_{2})$ band of ${\text{CH}}_4$ both in a 7.5 ppmv calibrated mixture of ${\text{CH}}_4$ in air and in breath samples from methane and non-methane producers under conditions where the minimum detectable absorption coefficient ( $\alpha_{\rm min}$ ) was $2.8 \times 10^{-8}\,{\rm cm}^{-1}$ over 6 s using a ring-down time acquisition rate of 20 Hz. Allan variance measurements indicated an optimum $\alpha_{\rm min}$ of $2.9\times 10^{-9}\,{\rm cm}^{-1}$ over 44 s.     

A broadband cavity ring-down spectrometer based on an incoherent near infrared light source

We report on the development of a cavity ring-down (CRD) spectrometer based on an incoherent broadband light source centered at 1,545 nm. One measurement spans over 46 nm. Due to the challenge of broadband CRD spectroscopy in the addressed spectral range, an extended measurement principle is developed. First successful measurements in the spectral range between 1,547 and 1,593 nm of a cavity filled with CO₂ are shown. In order to compare the experimentally determined data to values of the HITRAN database, the calculation of the expected values is discussed under consideration of the spectrometer’s spectral resolution. Comparison with the data based on the HITRAN database shows good agreement.     

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectrometer for high-sensitivity measurements of water vapor concentration

We present a portable spectrometer that uses the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy technique capable of high-precision measurements of trace water vapor concentration. Measuring one of the strongest rovibrational transitions in the ν₁+ν₃ water vapor combination band near ˜ν=7181.156 cm^-1, we compare spectroscopic and thermodynamic determinations of trace water vapor in N₂, and find systematic differences attributable to water vapor background effects and/or uncertainties in line intensities. We also compare the frequency-stabilized ring-down method with other cavity ring-down approaches that are based on unstabilized probe lasers and unstabilized ring-down cavities. We show that for the determination of water vapor concentration, the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down method has the minimum measurement uncertainty of these techniques. The minimum noise-equivalent absorption coefficient of the spectrometer was 1.2×10^-10 cm^-1 Hz^-1/2, which further corresponds to a minimum detectable water vapor mole fraction equal to 0.7×10^-9 for an absorption spectrum of 10 minutes duration. PACS 33.20.-t; 33.70.Jg; 33.70.Fd; 42.62.Fi     

连续波腔衰荡光谱系统的电路设计与应用

 为实现连续波腔衰荡光谱系统的工程化,设计了一套集信号调理、高速采样及数据处理为一体的高集成度数字信号处理(DSP)系统。该系统被用于取代常规连续波腔衰荡光谱系统中由高速数据采集卡及计算机组成的腔衰荡信号测试系统,完成对腔衰荡信号的获取与拟合。该系统最高能实现16 bits/80 MHz的信号采样,并能准确地由腔衰荡信号反演出腔衰荡时间。实验结果表明：结合现有的光反馈式连续波腔衰荡光谱系统,该系统能实现等噪声测量灵敏度为1.0×10^-8 cm^-1的吸收光谱测量,其重复测量精度可达3‰。     

连续波腔衰荡光谱系统的电路设计与应用

为实现连续波腔衰荡光谱系统的工程化,设计了一套集信号调理、高速采样及数据处理为一体的高集成度数字信号处理(DSP)系统。该系统被用于取代常规连续波腔衰荡光谱系统中由高速数据采集卡及计算机组成的腔衰荡信号测试系统,完成对腔衰荡信号的获取与拟合。该系统最高能实现16 bits/80 MHz的信号采样,并能准确地由腔衰荡信号反演出腔衰荡时间。实验结果表明：结合现有的光反馈式连续波腔衰荡光谱系统,该系统能实现等噪声测量灵敏度为1.0×10-8 cm-1的吸收光谱测量,其重复测量精度可达3‰。     

A continuous stream flash evaporator for the calibration of an IR cavity ring-down spectrometer for the isotopic analysis of water

A new technique for high-resolution simultaneous isotopic analysis of δ¹⁸O and δD in liquid water is presented. A continuous stream flash evaporator has been designed that is able to vapourise a stream of liquid water in a continuous mode and deliver a stable and finely controlled water vapour sample to a commercially available infrared cavity ring-down spectrometer. Injection of sub-microlitre amounts of the liquid water is achieved by pumping liquid water sample through a fused silica capillary and instantaneously vapourising it with 100% efficiency in a home-made oven at a temperature of 170?°C. The system's simplicity, low power consumption and low dead volume together with the possibility for automated unattended operation provides a solution for the calibration of laser instruments performing isotopic analysis of water vapour. Our work is mainly driven by the possibility to perform high-resolution online water isotopic analysis on continuous-flow analysis (CFA) systems typically used to analyse the chemical composition of ice cores drilled in polar regions. In the following, we describe the system's precision and stability and sensitivity to varying levels of sample size and we assess the observed memory effects. A test run with standard waters of different isotopic compositions is presented, demonstrating the ability to calibrate the spectrometer's measurements on a VSMOW scale with a relatively simple and fast procedure.     

A continuous stream flash evaporator for the calibration of an IR cavity ring-down spectrometer for the isotopic analysis of water

A new technique for high-resolution simultaneous isotopic analysis of δ1?O and δD in liquid water is presented. A continuous stream flash evaporator has been designed that is able to vapourise a stream of liquid water in a continuous mode and deliver a stable and finely controlled water vapour sample to a commercially available infrared cavity ring-down spectrometer. Injection of sub-microlitre amounts of the liquid water is achieved by pumping liquid water sample through a fused silica capillary and instantaneously vapourising it with 100% efficiency in a home-made oven at a temperature of 170 °C. The system's simplicity, low power consumption and low dead volume together with the possibility for automated unattended operation provides a solution for the calibration of laser instruments performing isotopic analysis of water vapour. Our work is mainly driven by the possibility to perform high-resolution online water isotopic analysis on continuous-flow analysis (CFA) systems typically used to analyse the chemical composition of ice cores drilled in polar regions. In the following, we describe the system's precision and stability and sensitivity to varying levels of sample size and we assess the observed memory effects. A test run with standard waters of different isotopic compositions is presented, demonstrating the ability to calibrate the spectrometer's measurements on a VSMOW scale with a relatively simple and fast procedure.     

Theoretical detection limit of saturated absorption cavity ring-down spectroscopy (SCAR) and two-photon absorption cavity ring-down spectroscopy

Giusfredi et al. (Phys Rev Lett 104, 110801, 2010), have developed a new approach to cavity ring-down spectroscopy where a saturable sample absorption is determined simultaneously with the cavity loss, providing immunity to changes in cavity loss, thereby allowing for lower analyte detection limit. This paper presents an error analysis that provides predictions of the ultimate sensitivity limits that can be realized with this detection method. In particular, the sensitivity is strongly dependent upon the initial degree of saturation of the sample, and optimal values for this are determined both for photon detector and shot-noise-limited detection of both inhomogeneous and homogeneous broadened spectroscopic lines. Also presented are sensitivity limits expected for two-photon absorption spectroscopy determined by cavity ring-down spectroscopy.