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High Sensitive Detection of Trace Gases Using Optical Heterodyne Method with a High Finesse Intra-Cavity Resonator

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A novel highly sensitive method to detect the concentration of trace gas for environmental purposes is proposed. This method includes the application of frequency modulation for stabilization of laser frequency, together with optical heterodyne measurement. The shift of resonance frequency of the Fabry-Perot cavity resonator is due to the change of refractive index, accompanied by the dispersion effect due to the presence of a target gas (e.g., methane, carbon dioxide or nitrogen dioxide) inside the Fabry-Perot cavity.

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  1. Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263, Japan

    Akira Mugino, Tomokazu Yamamoto & Nobuo Takeuchi

  2. Department of Image Science, Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263, Japan

    Takashige Omatsu

  3. P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninsky Prospect, 117924, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail A. Gubin

  4. Department of Physics, Science University of Tokyo, 2641, Yamazaki, Noda-shi, Chiba, 278, Japan

    Atsuo Morinaga

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Mugino, A., Yamamoto, T., Omatsu, T. et al. High Sensitive Detection of Trace Gases Using Optical Heterodyne Method with a High Finesse Intra-Cavity Resonator. OPT REV 3, 243–250 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-996-0243-y

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