Abstract
We report on a compact trace nitrogen dioxide (NO2) detector based on cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS), using a passively locked external cavity diode laser (PLEC-DL) in the visible wavelength region. Tailoring the spatial mode matching conditions of an antireflection (AR)-coated diode laser with a high finesse external cavity for effective optical feedback into the DL allows for stable resonant enhancement in the external cavity without any electric feedback apparatus. The external cavity having a finesse in excess of 1.4×105 acts as a ringdown cavity with an effective optical volume (i.e., detection volume) of less than 1 cm3. We successfully demonstrated a noise equivalent absorption loss of 1.4×10-8 cm-1, corresponding to a detection limit of 40 ppb NO2 concentration with a very compact configuration. For differential absorption CRDS, we realized a dual wavelength-locked PLEC-DL in an external cavity simultaneously. Measurements of various NO2 concentrations in N2 based on differential absorption CRDS were performed.
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