Abstract
Sensitive Raman gas analysis based on a home-made high power 410 nm Littrow-arranged external cavity diode laser (ECDL) and a parabolic sample cell is presented. Using a commercially available violet laser diode and a reflective holographic grating, the ECDL achieves a maximum output power of 505 mW with line-width about 50 pm. Spontaneous Raman scattering of ambient air is acquired with this ECDL, in which an imaging Raman spectrometer is applied. Strong Raman signals of O2, N2 and H2O are observed with 1 s exposure time; a limit of detection (LOD) of CO2 about 210 ppm is achieved with an exposure time of 100 s; and a 3.5-fold enhancement to the signal level is also demonstrated compared with a 532 nm green laser with the same exciting power. The results show that violet diode laser can be an attractive excitation source for Raman gas analysis.
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