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Appl Opt. 1999 Apr 20;38(12):2625-9. doi: 10.1364/ao.38.002625.

External photoacoustic detection of a trace vapor inside a multimode laser.

Applied optics

T J Latz, G Weirauch, V M Baev, P E Toschek

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Laser-Physik, Universität Hamburg, Jungiusstrasse 9, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 18319836 DOI: 10.1364/ao.38.002625

Abstract

We combine highly sensitive intracavity absorption spectroscopy in a multimode laser with external photoacoustic detection, providing high detectivity. Photoacoustic measurements of the intracavity iodine concentration in a Rhodamine 6G laser are compared with simultaneous spectral recordings. They demonstrate slightly improved overall sensitivity and a greatly enhanced dynamic range of 5 orders of magnitude that may be shifted along the absolute scale of absorber density.

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