Sensitive sub-Doppler nonlinear spectroscopy for hyperfine-structure analysis using simple atomizers

Fritz K. Mickadeit; Helen Kemp; Julia Schafer; William M. Tong

doi:10.1117/12.308375

15 May 1998 Sensitive sub-Doppler nonlinear spectroscopy for hyperfine-structure analysis using simple atomizers

Fritz K. Mickadeit, Helen Kemp, Julia Schafer, William M. Tong

Proceedings Volume 3270, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308375
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Laser wave-mixing spectroscopy is presented as a sub-Doppler method that offers not only high spectral resolution, but also excellent detection sensitivity. It offers spectral resolution suitable for hyperfine structure analysis and isotope ratio measurements. In a non-planar backward- scattering four-wave mixing optical configuration, two of the three input beams counter propagate and the Doppler broadening is minimized, and hence, spectral resolution is enhanced. Since the signal is a coherent beam, optical collection is efficient and signal detection is convenient. This simple multi-photon nonlinear laser method offers un usually sensitive detection limits that are suitable for trace-concentration isotope analysis using a few different types of simple analytical atomizers. Reliable measurement of hyperfine structures allows effective determination of isotope ratios for chemical analysis.

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Fritz K. Mickadeit, Helen Kemp, Julia Schafer, and William M. Tong "Sensitive sub-Doppler nonlinear spectroscopy for hyperfine-structure analysis using simple atomizers", Proc. SPIE 3270, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection, (15 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308375

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