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  • Vol. 13, Iss. 9 — Sep. 1, 1988
  • pp: 719–721

High-sensitivity FM spectroscopy with a lead-salt diode laser

David E. Cooper and Clinton B. Carlisle  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 13, Issue 9, pp. 719-721 (1988)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.13.000719


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Abstract

We report the demonstration of near-quantum-noise-limited sensitivity with a lead-salt diode laser using FM spectroscopy and high-speed sweep integration. Using both single-tone and two-tone techniques, we demonstrated an absorption sensitivity of ~2 × 10-7 in a 2.44-Hz bandwidth from a Doppler-broadened NO line at 1856.5 cm-1. The sensitivity in our experiments was limited by laser excess noise, which was about four times the expected quantum-noise level.

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David E. Cooper and Clinton B. Carlisle, "High-sensitivity FM spectroscopy with a lead-salt diode laser," Opt. Lett. 13, 719-721 (1988)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-13-9-719

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