Abstract
In this work, a method of photothermal spectroscopic signal extraction is presented. The refractive index modulation readout is realized in a purely frequency detection-based approach, by demodulating the beatnotes of a mode-locked fiber laser operating at 1.56 µm. A unique and non-complex self-heterodyne harmonic amplification technique is employed, yielding an increase in the limit of detection by a factor of 22. The sensor's performance was evaluated by detecting nitric oxide at 5.26 µm, confirming the feasibility of separating the pump and probe sections of the device. The sensor reached a detection limit of 9.6 parts-per-billion by volume for an integration time of 136 s, with only a 20 cm-long laser-gas molecules interaction path length.
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