复合衰荡光腔技术精确检测COIL腔镜高反射率

采用直型和折叠型衰荡光腔相结合技术精确检测了ＣＯＩＬ（氧碘化学激光器）平面高反腔镜在１．３１５μｍ的实际反射率为９９．９３１％，测量精度１０－５。该技术对镜片的反射镜角度、基底材料透光性能及尺寸无特殊要求，可由反射率相对较低的腔镜测量高反射率镜片。

Quantitative Moisture Measurement with a Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer using Telecom Diode Lasers

Moisture measurement is of great needs in semiconductor industry, combustion diagnosis, meteorology, and atmospheric studies. We present an optical hygrometer based on cavity ring-down spectroscopy （CRDS）. By using different absorption lines of H20 in the 1.56 and 1.36 gm regions, we are able to determine the relative concentration （mole fraction） of water vapor from a few percent down to the 10-12 level. The quantitative accuracy is examined by comparing the CRDS hygrometer with a commercial chilled-mirror dew-point meter. The high sensitivity of the CRDS instrument allows a water detection limit of 8 pptv.

Field Measurement of NO2 and RNO2 by Two-Channel Thermal Dissociation Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer

A two-channel thermal dissociation cavity ring down spectroscopy （CRDS） instrument has been built for in situ, real-time measurement of NO2 and total RNO2 （peroxy nitrates and alkyl nitrates） in ambient air, with a NO2 detection limit of 0.10 ppbv at 1 s. A 6-day long measurement was conducted at urban site of Hefei by using the CRDS instrument with a time resolution of 3 s. A commercial molybdenum converted chemiluminescence （Mo-CL） instrument was also used for comparison. The average RNO2 concentration in the 6 days was measured to be 1.94 ppbv. The Mo-CL instrument overestimated the NO2 concentration by a bias of ＋1.69 ppbv in average, for the reason that it cannot distinguish RNO2 from NO2. The relative bias could be over 100% during the afternoon hours when NO2 was low but RNO2 was high.

Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy of PH2 Radical in 465-555 nm

Absorption spectra of jet-cooled PH2 radicals were recorded in the wavelength range of 465- 555 nm using cavity ringdown spectroscopy. The PH2 radicals were produced in a supersonic jet by pulsed direct current discharge of a mixture of PHa and SF6 in argon. Seven vibronic bands with fine rotational structures have been observed and assigned as 0 0^, 2 0^n, and 2 1^n （n=1- 3） bands of the A^2A1- X~ 2B1 electronic transition. Rotational assignments and rotational term values for each band were re-identified, and the molecular parameters including rotational constants, centrifugal distortion constants, and spin-rotation interaction constants were also improved with reasonably high precision. In addition, large perturbations observed in each quantum number of total angular momentum of the a axis level of the excited vibronic states were briefly discussed.

CO2 Pressure Shift and Broadening of Water Lines Near 790 nm

Carbon dioxide pressure-broadened ro-vibrational transitions belonging to thev^2＋3v^3 band of H2160 have been measured with a sensitive cavity ring-down spectrometer. Water vapor of relatively low pressures （〈0.5 Torr） was used to limit the self-collisions among water molecules. After the calibration using the precise atomic transitions of Rb and a thermo- stabilized Fabry-Perot interferometer, 10^-5 cm^-1 frequency accuracy has been achieved. Line parameters are derived from least-squares fitting of the spectra using the ＂soft＂ collision model. The retrieved line parameters can be applied in the study of water absorption in the CO2-rich atmospheres of planets like Venus and Mars.

High Precision Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy of 6υ3 Overtone Band of 14N2 16O near 775 nm

Transitions of the 6υ3 overtone band of ^14N2 ^16O near 775 nm have been studied by continuous-wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Line positions and intensities were derived from a fit of the line shape using a hard-collisional profile. The line positions determined with absolute accuracy of 5×10^-4 cm^-1 allowed us to reveal finer ro-vibrational couplings taking place after J〉14 except a strong anharmonic interaction identified by the effective Hamiltonian model. The absolute line intensities have also been retrieved with an estimated accuracy of 2% for a majority of the unblended lines. A new set of ro-vibrational and dipole moment parameters were derived from the experimental values. A comparison between the line positions and intensities of the 6υ3 band obtained in this work and those from previous studies is given.

Cavity-Enhanced Saturation Spectroscopy of Molecules with sub-k Hz Accuracy

Saturation spectroscopy is frequently used to obtain sub-Doppler measurement of atomic and molecular transitions. Optical resonant cavities can be used to enhance the effective absorption path length, and the laser power inside the cavity as well to saturate very weak ro-vibrational transitions of molecules. Three different cavity-enhanced methods, cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy, cavity ring-down spectroscopy, and noise-immune cavity enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS), were compared by measuring the Lamb dip of a C2H2 line at 1.4 μm using a cavity with a finesse of 120000. The center of the line was determined by different cavity-enhanced methods, each giving a sub-kHz (δv/v≈10-12) statistical uncertainty. The sensitivity and precision of different methods were analyzed and compared. As demonstrated in this study, the NICE-OHMS method is the most sensitive one, but more investigation on the systematic uncertainty is necessary before its application in metrology studies toward a sub-kHz accuracy.

Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Measurements of Trace H_(2)S in SF_(6) and SF_(6)/N_(2) Mixture

H_(2)S is one of the most important characteristic decomposition components of SF_(6)insulated gas,and the detection of trace H_(2)S is significant for early fault diagnosis of gas insulated electrical equipment.A 1578 nm wavelength distributed feedback diode laser(DFB-DL)based cavity ring-down spectroscopy(CRDS)experimental platform is developed to monitor the concentrations of H_(2)S in SF_(6)and SF_(6)/N_(2)mixture carrier gas.The detection sensitivity is higher than 1×10^(-6).The absorption cross section parameterσis vital for calculating the concentration.With repeated experiments using standard gas samples,parameterσof H_(2)S in pure SF_(6)and SF_(6)/N_(2)mixture carrier with different mixing ratios is calibrated.Compared with the simulatedσvalues,the influence of carrier gas on the broadening of spectral profile is discussed.The variation of absorption cross sectionσwith different carrier gas mixing ratios is studied as well,so that the calculation of the concentration in the carrier gas of any mixing ratio is possible.Thus,the application of CRDS in trace component detection of gas insulated electrical equipment is promising.

Spin-orbit Splitting and Lifetime Broadening in the A2△ Electronic State of l-C5H

Optical absorption bands at -18772 and -18807 cm-1, previously assigned to A2A-X2H electronic origin band transitions of the linear carbon-chain radicals CsH and CsD, respectively, have been reinvestigated. The spectra have been recorded in direct absorption applying cavity ring-down spectroscopy to a supersonically expanding acetylene/helium plasma. The improved spectra allow deducing a l-CsH upper state spin-orbit coupling constant X=-0.7（3） cm-1 and a A2A lifetime of 1.65=0.3 ps.

C2H2 Overtones Near 12300 cm^-1 Revisited with a Very Sensitive Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer

A cavity ring-down spectrometer （CRDS） is constructed with a single-mode continuous-wave Ti：Sapphire laser. It allows attaining a minimum detectable absorption of 1.8× 10^-10cm^-1. The spectrometer is applied to record the overtone spectrum of ^12C2H2 in the 12240- 12350 cm-1. Compared with the previous CRDS and intra-cavity laser absorption spectroscopy studies in the same region, the present measurement achieved better sensitivity and better precision as well. As a result, the ro-vibrational parameters of the high overtone bands of acetylene at 12290.12, 12311.82, and 12350.61 cm^-1 have been refined. The advantages of the present CRD spectrometer is also demonstrated by the newly observed and well characterized perturbation on the f component of the very weak band near 12289 cm^-1. The quantitative measurement capability of the spectrometer is verified with the measurement of the water lines and employed to give the absolute band intensities of those three acetylene bands.

高稳定性及均匀性光腔温度控制研究

本文开展衰荡光腔温度控制研究。通过负反馈回路控制控温箱温度,编制软件驱动测温仪,采集腔内测温探头3.5小时内的温度值。稳定性研究中,单点温度变化标准差仅为0.18mK。均匀性研究中,4个位置温度变化标准差在0.5～0.7mK之间,不同位置温度差最大为40mK,腔内温度分布均匀,梯度较小。

Evaluation of the carbon isotopic effects of NDIR and CRDS analyzers on atmospheric CO2 measurements

Non-dispersive infrared （NDIR） and cavity ring-down spectroscopy （CRDS） CO2 analyzers use 12CO2 isotopologue absorption lines and are insensitive to all or part of other CO2-related isotopologues. This may produce biases in CO2 mole fraction measurements of a sample if its carbon isotopic composition deviates from that of the standard gases being used. To evaluate and compare the effects of carbon isotopic composition on NDIR and CRDS CO2 analyzers, we prepared three test sample air cylinders with varying carbon isotopic abundances and calibrated them against five standard cylinders with ambient carbon isotopic composition using CRDS and NDIR systems. We found that the CO2 mole fractions of the sample cylinders measured by G1301 （CRDS） were in good agreement with those measured by LoFlo （NDIR）. The CO2 values measured by both instruments were higher than that of a CO2 isotope measured by G2201i （CRDS） analyzer for a test cylinder with depleted carbon isotopic composition δ^13C =-36.828%0, whereas no obvious difference was found for other two test cylinders with 3 δ^13C=-8.630‰ and δ^13C=-15.380‰, respectively. According to the theoretical and experimental results, we concluded that the total CO2 mole fractions of samples with depleted isotopic compositions can be corrected on the basis of their 12CO2 values calibrated by standard gases using LoFlo and G1301 if the fi13C and fi180 values are known. Keywords NDIR and CRDS analyzers, Carbon isotopic effects, CO2 measurements

Fiber Cavity Ring-Down Using an Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer

This work presented a demonstration of the potential for a fiber based cavity ring-down （CRD） using an optical time-domain reflectometer （OTDR）. The OTDR was used to send the impulses down into about 20km of a standard single optical fiber, at the end of which the fiber cavity ring-down was placed. The OTDR measured no appreciable losses, so other CRDs multiplexed could be spliced in parallel along the same optical fiber. To demonstrate the behavior and sensitivity of the proposed configuration, a displacement sensor based on a fiber taper with a diameter of 50 μm was placed inside the fiber loop, and the induced losses were measured on the CRD signal -- a sensitivity of 11.8 ＋ 0.5 μs/mm was achieved. The dynamic range of the sensing head used in this configuration was about 2 mm. Finally, this work was also compared with different works published in the literature.