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Pulsed cavity ring-down spectrometer at 3 µm based on difference frequency generation for high-sensitivity CH4 detection

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We present a mid-infrared pulsed cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) setup based on difference frequency mixing of a tunable dye laser pumped by a Nd:YAG laser and the residual 1064 nm pulse in a temperature-stabilized lithium niobate (LiNbO3) crystal. The performances of such a spectrometer have been investigated by studying the absorption spectrum of methane around 3 µm at room temperature. Our results show a minimum detectable absorption coefficient of 5 × 10−8 cm−1. Our approach combines the excellent sensitivity of CRDS with the wide tunable range of difference frequency generation (DFG) with a dye laser. However, the relatively low resolution of this spectrometer prevents the quantification of methane in a wide pressure range. To our knowledge, we report here the first realization and application of a pulsed DFG-based CRDS experiment used for sensitive trace gas detection.

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This work is mainly supported by CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) and DIM ACAV Région île de France postdoctoral fellowship.

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Bahrini, C., Bénilan, Y., Jolly, A. et al. Pulsed cavity ring-down spectrometer at 3 µm based on difference frequency generation for high-sensitivity CH4 detection. Appl. Phys. B 121, 533–539 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6266-y

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