Continuous-wave stimulated Raman gain spectroscopy with cavity ringdown detection

F. V. Englich, Y. He, B. J. Orr*

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    Abstract

    Cavity ringdown (CRD) spectroscopy is extended for the first time from its conventional optical-absorption mode of operation into the regime of coherent Raman spectroscopy. Continuous-wave (cw) stimulated Raman gain (SRG) spectra of the 2916.5-cm-1 ν1 rovibrational fundamental Raman band of methane (CH4) gas are measured, using tunable cw laser light at ∼ 1544 nm to probe ringdown decay from a rapidly swept optical cavity that is itself inside the cavity of a cw single-longitudinal-mode Nd:YAG ring laser operating at ∼ 1064.5 nm. The resulting change of ringdown decay rate is dependent on pump laser irradiance and is associated with Raman gain. Remarkably, such SRG-CRD resonances display ringdown times that are longer than in the off-resonance case, contrasting with the usual reduction of ringdown time associated with absorption and other loss processes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-5
    Number of pages5
    JournalApplied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
    Volume83
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2006

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