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Quasi-phase-matched (QPM) materials allow the generation of spectroscopically useful infrared radiation in an efficient and broadly tunable format. Here, we describe several applications of QPM-based light sources to remote and local chemical sensing. The remote systems are gas imagers that employ a fiber-pumped continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator or a microlaser-pumped, diode-seeded optical parametric amplifier as the illumination source. Technology described for local sensing includes a cavity ring down spectrometer that employs a novel optical parametric generator–amplifier to achieve ≥350 cm-1 of contiguous tuning and a long-wave infrared light source based on QPM GaAs. In each case the use of QPM materials in conjunction with effective pump sources instills simplicity and ruggedness into the sensing systems.
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Received: 15 April 2002 / Revised version: 6 June 2002 / Published online: 12 September 2002
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Kulp, T., Bisson, S., Bambha, R. et al. The application of quasi-phase-matched parametric light sources to practical infrared chemical sensing systems. Appl Phys B 75, 317–327 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0978-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-0978-5