Most CRDS experiments used pulsed lasers as a light source because the pulsed laser is a convenient source of high-intensity photon bursts, even though the energy coupling efficiency is small. CRDS with a CW laser was successfully demonstrated by Romanini et al. (1997). They used an acousto-optic modulator to interrupt the CW laser beam introduced into the cavity. We demonstrate a new simple CRDS setup that yields photon decay signals only with a PZT instead of using an acousto-optic modulator as an optical switch. We also numerically calculate the coupling efficiency of a CW CRDS system dependent on the laser linewidth, the scanning speed of the cavity, and the finesse of the cavity.


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    Title :

    Cavity ring-down spectroscopy with a continuous wave laser


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    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


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    117641 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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