光纤频率调制光谱技术中残余幅度调制特性的研究

频率调制光谱(FMS)技术不仅可以用来同时测量原子和分子的吸收和色散,还是噪声免疫腔增强光外差分子光谱(NICE-OHMS)的关键技术,由于光纤器件的引入或光源输出光的偏振态不稳定等因素会诱发残余幅度调制(RAM),RAM的产生使得FMS技术在痕量气体检测中的应用受到极大的限制,因此研究光纤FMS中RAM的特性具有非常重要的意义。研究首先通过理论分析了无吸收时的FMS信号的线型及RAM的影响因素,实验测量无吸收时输入偏振方向和输出偏振方向及电光调制器(EOM)温度对光纤FMS中RAM的影响,均与RAM存在线型关系,验证了理论分析结果,并为RAM的抑制工作以及基于RAM的其他应用提供了依据。     

Generation of stable and tunable optical frequency linked to a radio frequency by use of a high finesse cavity and its application in absorption spectroscopy

The laser frequency could be linked to an radio frequency through an external cavity by the combination of Pound-Drever-Hall and Devoe-Brewer locking techniques. A stable and tunable optical frequency at wavelength of 1.5 μm obtained by a cavity with high finesse of 96000 and a fiber laser has been demonstrated, calibrated by a commercial optical frequency comb. The locking performances have been analyzed by in-loop and out-loop noises, indicating that the absolute frequency instability could be down to 50 kHz over 1 s and keep to less than 110 kHz over 2.5 h. Then, the application of this stabilized laser to the direct absorption spectroscopy has been performed. With the help of balanced detection, the detection sensitivity, in terms of optical density, can reach to 9.4×10^-6.