Heterodyne-enhanced Faraday rotation spectrometer

Yin Wang; Michal Nikodem; Jake Hoyne; Gerard Wysocki

doi:10.1117/12.908593

Heterodyne-enhanced Faraday rotation spectrometer

Yin Wang, Michal Nikodem, Jake Hoyne, Gerard Wysocki

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Abstract

A novel heterodyne-enhanced Faraday rotation spectroscopic (H-FRS) system for trace gas detection of nitric oxide (NO) is demonstrated. The system is based on a quantum cascade laser emitting at ∼5.2 μm and a mercury cadmium telluride photodetector (both thermoelectrically cooled). The heterodyne detection is performed at 30MHz, where the laser relative intensity noise is significantly smaller than at low frequencies. With an implementation of active interferometer stabilization technique, the current system shows total noise level that is only 5.4 times above the fundamental shot-noise limit and the Faraday rotation angle sensitivity of 2.6 × 10 ^-8 rad/√Hz. The NO detection limit of 30.7 ppb-v/√Hz was achieved for the R(8.5)e NO transition using 100 Gauss magnetic field and 0.15 m optical path length.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IX
Volume	8268
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908593
State	Published - Feb 20 2012
Event	Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IX - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jan 22 2012 → Jan 26 2012

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Other	Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IX
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	1/22/12 → 1/26/12

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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