Heterodyne-enhanced Faraday rotation spectrometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8268, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yin ^a   Nikodem, Michal ^a   Hoyne, Jake ^a,b   Wysocki, Gerard ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday rotation spectroscopy; laser spectroscopy; optical heterodyne detection; quantum cascade laser; trace gas detection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INTERFEROMETER; CURRENT SYSTEM; DETECTION LIMITS; FARADAY ROTATION ANGLE; FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; HETERODYNE DETECTION; LOW FREQUENCY; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE; NOISE LEVELS; OPTICAL HETERODYNE DETECTIONS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; QUANTUM CASCADES; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES; THERMOELECTRICALLY-COOLED; TRACE GAS DETECTION;

GAS DETECTORS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; NANOPHOTONICS; NITRIC OXIDE; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; ROTATION; SPECTROMETERS;

HETERODYNING;

EID: 84863128931     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.908593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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