Modulation cancellation method for measurements of small temperature differences in a gas.

نویسندگان

  • Vincenzo Spagnolo
  • Lei Dong
  • Anatoliy A Kosterev
  • David Thomazy
  • James H Doty
  • Frank K Tittel
چکیده

An innovative spectroscopic technique based on balancing and cancellation of modulated signals induced by two excitation sources is reported. For its practical implementation, we used quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy as an absorption-sensing technique and applied the new approach to measure small temperature differences between two gas samples. The achieved sensitivity was 30 mK in 17 s. A theoretical sensitivity analysis is presented, and the applicability of this method to isotopic measurements is discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 36 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011