Volume 85, Issue 2-3

November 2006

Special Issue: "Optics: Trends in Laser Sources, Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications to Trace-Gas-Detection"

Issue Editors:

Frank K. Tittel,
Anatoliy A. Kosterev

43 articles in this issue

Special Issue: “Optics: Trends in Laser Sources, Spectroscopic Techniques and their Applications to Trace-Gas Detection”
F.K. Tittel
A.A. Kosterev
Editorial 31 August 2006 Pages: 171 - 171
Automatically tunable continuous-wave optical parametric oscillator for high-resolution spectroscopy and sensitive trace-gas detection
A.K.Y. Ngai
S.T. Persijn
F.J.M. Harren
OriginalPaper 18 July 2006 Pages: 173 - 180
Intra-cavity power effects in singly resonant cw OPOs
A. Henderson
R. Stafford
OriginalPaper 29 June 2006 Pages: 181 - 184
Application of a difference-frequency-mixing based diode-laser sensor for carbon monoxide detection in the 4.4–4.8 μm spectral region
R. Barron-Jimenez
J.A. Caton
J.R. Gord
OriginalPaper 07 June 2006 Pages: 185 - 197
Long-wave IR chemical sensing based on difference frequency generation in orientation-patterned GaAs
S.E. Bisson
T.J. Kulp
M.M. Fejer
OriginalPaper 23 June 2006 Pages: 199 - 206
Ultra-high-precision mid-IR spectrometer II: system description and spectroscopic performance
P. Weibring
D. Richter
C. Dyroff
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 207 - 218
Two-tone frequency modulation spectroscopy for ambient-air trace gas detection using a portable difference-frequency source around 3 μm
P. Maddaloni
P. Malara
P. De Natale
OriginalPaper 23 June 2006 Pages: 219 - 222
Frequency modulation spectroscopy by means of quantum-cascade lasers
S. Borri
S. Bartalini
A.Y. Cho
OriginalPaper 07 July 2006 Pages: 223 - 229
Second-harmonic generation in three-well and bound-to-continuum GaAs-based quantum-cascade lasers
C. Pflügl
M. Austerer
G. Strasser
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 231 - 234
Comparison of cw and pulsed operation with a TE-cooled quantum cascade infrared laser for detection of nitric oxide at 1900 cm^-1
J.B. McManus
D.D. Nelson
J. Faist
OriginalPaper 16 August 2006 Pages: 235 - 241
A compact quantum-cascade laser based spectrometer for monitoring the concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide in the troposphere
S. Wright
G. Duxbury
N. Langford
OriginalPaper 01 August 2006 Pages: 243 - 249
Pulsed laser surface fragmentation and mid-infrared laser spectroscopy for remote detection of explosives
C. Bauer
P. Geiser
W. Schade
OriginalPaper 18 July 2006 Pages: 251 - 256
High precision determinations of NH₃ concentration by means of diode laser spectrometry at 2.005 μm
E. De Tommasi
G. Casa
L. Gianfrani
OriginalPaper 01 July 2006 Pages: 257 - 263
Laboratory spectroscopic calibration of infrared tunable laser spectrometers for the in situ sensing of the Earth and Martian atmospheres
V. Zeninari
B. Parvitte
G. Durry
OriginalPaper 28 June 2006 Pages: 265 - 272
ECTDL study of N₂- and O₂-pressure broadening of a series of ammonia lines in the 1.5 μm (ν ₁+ν ₃) combination band
M.A. Koshelev
M.Y. Tretyakov
L.-H. Xu
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 273 - 277
Photoacoustic detection of NO₂ and N₂O using quantum cascade lasers
J.P. Lima
H. Vargas
P. Hess
OriginalPaper 21 July 2006 Pages: 279 - 284
Photoacoustic spectroscopy of formaldehyde with tunable laser radiation at the parts per billion level
M. Angelmahr
A. Miklós
P. Hess
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 285 - 288
The potential of mid-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy for the detection of various doping agents used by athletes
C. Fischer
R. Bartlome
M.W. Sigrist
OriginalPaper 21 July 2006 Pages: 289 - 294
Impact of humidity on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy based detection of HCN
A.A. Kosterev
T.S. Mosely
F.K. Tittel
OriginalPaper 14 July 2006 Pages: 295 - 300
Influence of molecular relaxation dynamics on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic detection of CO₂ at λ =2 μm
G. Wysocki
A.A. Kosterev
F.K. Tittel
OriginalPaper 14 July 2006 Pages: 301 - 306
Gas-phase photoacoustic sensor at 8.41 μm using quartz tuning forks and amplitude-modulated quantum cascade lasers
M.D. Wojcik
M.C. Phillips
M.S. Taubman
OriginalPaper 08 August 2006 Pages: 307 - 313
Photoacoustic system for on-line process monitoring of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) concentration in natural gas streams
A. Varga
Z. Bozóki
G. Szabó
OriginalPaper 26 July 2006 Pages: 315 - 321
Ammonia trace measurements at ppb level based on near-IR photoacoustic spectroscopy
J.-P. Besson
S. Schilt
L. Thévenaz
OriginalPaper 29 June 2006 Pages: 323 - 328
Impedance-optimized photo-acoustic spectroscopy
A. Riddle
M. Selker
OriginalPaper 10 August 2006 Pages: 329 - 336
Photoacoustic detection of oxygen using cantilever enhanced technique
H. Cattaneo
T. Laurila
R. Hernberg
OriginalPaper 29 June 2006 Pages: 337 - 341
Multi-hydrogenated compounds monitoring in optical fibre manufacturing process by photoacoustic spectroscopy
J.-P. Besson
S. Schilt
L. Thévenaz
OriginalPaper 14 July 2006 Pages: 343 - 348
Near-infrared laser based cavity ringdown spectroscopy for applications in petrochemical industry
D.E. Vogler
M.W. Sigrist
OriginalPaper 27 June 2006 Pages: 349 - 354
Detection of trace gases by rapidly-swept continuous-wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy: pushing the limits of sensitivity
Y. He
B.J. Orr
OriginalPaper 11 July 2006 Pages: 355 - 364
Widely tunable diffraction limited 1000 mW external cavity diode laser in Littman/Metcalf configuration for cavity ring-down spectroscopy
S. Stry
S. Thelen
M. Mürtz
OriginalPaper 29 June 2006 Pages: 365 - 374
Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectrometer for high-sensitivity measurements of water vapor concentration
J.T. Hodges
D. Lisak
OriginalPaper 12 August 2006 Pages: 375 - 382
Near infrared cw-CRDS coupled to laser photolysis: Spectroscopy and kinetics of the HO₂ radical
J. Thiébaud
C. Fittschen
OriginalPaper 23 June 2006 Pages: 383 - 389
Detection of formaldehyde using off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy with an interband cascade laser
J.H. Miller
Y.A. Bakhirkin
R.Q. Yang
OriginalPaper 29 June 2006 Pages: 391 - 396
A water isotope (²H, ¹⁷O, and ¹⁸O) spectrometer based on optical feedback cavity-enhanced absorption for in situ airborne applications
E.R.T. Kerstel
R.Q. Iannone
D. Romanini
OriginalPaper 25 July 2006 Pages: 397 - 406
Sub-ppb NO₂ detection by optical feedback cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy with a blue diode laser
I. Courtillot
J. Morville
D. Romanini
OriginalPaper 21 July 2006 Pages: 407 - 412
An off-axis cavity-enhanced absorption spectrometer at 1605 nm for the ¹²CO₂/¹³CO₂ measurement
V.L. Kasyutich
P.A. Martin
R.J. Holdsworth
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 413 - 420
Current status of clinical breath analysis
T.H. Risby
S.F. Solga
OriginalPaper 31 May 2006 Pages: 421 - 426
Determination of exhaled nitric oxide distributions in a diverse sample population using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
K. Namjou
C.B. Roller
M.A. Camp
OriginalPaper 23 June 2006 Pages: 427 - 435
Online monitoring of ethane traces in exhaled breath with a difference frequency generation spectrometer
D. Halmer
S. Thelen
M. Mürtz
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 437 - 443
Quantum cascade laser-based integrated cavity output spectroscopy of exhaled nitric oxide
M.R. McCurdy
Y.A. Bakhirkin
F.K. Tittel
OriginalPaper 18 July 2006 Pages: 445 - 452
Rapid FTIR sensing of volcanic gases released by Strombolian explosions at Yasur volcano, Vanuatu
C. Oppenheimer
P. Bani
G.M. Sawyer
OriginalPaper 07 July 2006 Pages: 453 - 460
An adaptive singular value decomposition (SVD) algorithm for analysis of wavelength modulation spectra
D.S. Bomse
D.J. Kane
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 461 - 466
Use of cw-CRDS for studying the atmospheric oxidation of acetic acid in a simulation chamber
S. Crunaire
J. Tarmoul
P. Coddeville
OriginalPaper 24 June 2006 Pages: 467 - 476
Diode laser frequency stabilisation for water-vapour differential absorption sensing
R. Matthey
S. Schilt
G. Mileti
OriginalPaper 18 July 2006 Pages: 477 - 485

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