The Berkeley tunable far infrared laser spectrometers
Author(s) -
Geoffrey A. Blake,
K. B. Laughlin,
R. C. Cohen,
Kerry L. Busarow,
D.-H. Gwo,
Charles A. Schmuttenmaer,
D. W. Steyert,
Richard J. Saykally
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
review of scientific instruments
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1089-7623
pISSN - 0034-6748
DOI - 10.1063/1.1142410
Subject(s) - spectrometer , laser , tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy , optics , far infrared , materials science , far infrared laser , microwave , tunable laser , infrared , optoelectronics , diode , schottky diode , physics , quantum mechanics
A detailed description is presented for a tunable far infrared laser spectrometer based on frequency mixing of an optically pumped molecular gas laser with tunable microwave radiation in a Schottky point contact diode. The system has been operated on over 30 laser lines in the range 10–100 cm^–1 and exhibits a maximum absorption sensitivity near one part in 10^6. Each laser line can be tuned by ±110 GHz with first-order sidebands. Applications of this instrument are detailed in the preceding paper.
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