Tunable diode and fibre laser spectroscopy in the near-IR for measurement of gas parameters

George Stewart; Walter Johnstone; Norhana Arsad; Kevin Duffin

doi:10.1117/12.779976

28 April 2008 Tunable diode and fibre laser spectroscopy in the near-IR for measurement of gas parameters

George Stewart, Walter Johnstone, Norhana Arsad, Kevin Duffin

Proceedings Volume 7003, Optical Sensors 2008; 700319 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779976
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2008, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

There has been much research performed in recent years on tunable diode laser spectroscopy for detection of gases such as methane, carbon dioxide, acetylene, etc., which possess near-IR absorption lines. To attain adequate sensitivity with weak near-IR lines, wavelength modulation spectroscopy with phase-sensitive detection is normally employed. However injection current modulation of diode lasers produces both wavelength and amplitude modulation, with a phase shift dependent on the modulation frequency. This results in residual amplitude modulation on the output and in distortion of the harmonic signals derived from the absorption line. These are important issues for calibration and where it is desired to accurately recover the line-shape function in order to make simultaneous measurements of gas concentration, pressure or temperature in industrial applications. Here we discuss how calibration-free measurements may be obtained with diode lasers and explore the implications for fibre laser based systems for spectroscopy which conventionally employ thermal or piezoelectric tuning of the wavelength. In particular, we consider modulation techniques which may be applied to ring fibre lasers which use un-pumped erbium fibre as a saturable absorber to prevent mode-hopping or to DFB fibre lasers which use a short cavity with a Bragg grating to ensure single mode operation.

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George Stewart, Walter Johnstone, Norhana Arsad, and Kevin Duffin "Tunable diode and fibre laser spectroscopy in the near-IR for measurement of gas parameters", Proc. SPIE 7003, Optical Sensors 2008, 700319 (28 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779976

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