Tunable diode laser spectroscopy with wavelength modulation: A phasor decomposition method for calibration-free measurements of gas concentration and pressure

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-440

  McGettrick, Andrew James ^a   Duffin, Kevin ^a   Johnstone, Walter ^a   Stewart, George ^a   Moodie, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b OptoSci Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute line shape recovery; Calibration free; Industrial processes; Tunable diode laser spectroscopy (TDLS); Wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WDS)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ABSOLUTE LINE SHAPE RECOVERY; PHASOR DECOMPOSITION METHOD; RESIDUAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION; TUNABLE DIODE LASER SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 40749143556     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912519     Document Type: Article

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