Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (eBook)

Giel Berden is a senior scientist at the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics in the Netherlands. Richard Engeln is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven Technical University.

Preface

List of contributors

Glossary

Chapter 1 - An introduction to cavity ring-down
spectroscopy

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Direct absorption spectroscopy

1.3 Basic cavity ring down spectroscopy setup

1.4 A more refined picture

1.5 Fitting of cavity ring down transients

1.6 A few examples

1.7 Going beyond the standard pulsed CRDS experiment

1.8 Summary

1.9 References

Chapter 2 - Cavity enhanced techniques using continuous wave
lasers

2.1 Introduction

2.1 Properties of optical cavities and cw lasers relevant to
cavity enhanced spectroscopy

2.3 Experimental methods for cw laser cavity enhanced
spectroscopy

2.4 Spectroscopy with resonant cavities

2.5 Summary

Chapter 3 - Broadband cavity ring-down spectroscopy

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 The time and wavelength evolution of a single ringdown
event.

3.3 Two dimensional techniques: resolving broadband cavity
output in time and wavelength.

3.4 One dimensional techniques: time or wavelength.

3.5 How to extract quantitative information from broadband
spectra.

3.6 Optimising the sensitivity of a broadband measurement.

3.7 Applications of broadband cavity methods.

3.8 References.

Chapter 4 - Cavity ring-down spectroscopy in analytical
chemistry

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Condensed media CRDS

4.3 Evanescent-wave CRDS

4.4 Future trends and perspectives

Chapter 5 - Cavity ring-down spectroscopy using
waveguides

5.1. Introduction

5.2. The basic experiments

5.3. Optics and Instrumentation

5.4. Review of waveguide CRD literature

5.5. Conclusion and outlook

5.6. Acknowledgements

Chapter 6 - Cavity ring down spectroscopy of molecular
transients of astrophysical interest

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Experimental

6.3. Astronomical considerations

6.4. Results

6.5. Outlook

Acknowledgements

References

Chapter 7 - Applications of cavity ring-down spectroscopy in
atmospheric chemistry

7.1. Brief overview

7.2. Measurement of trace atmospheric species by CRDS

7.3. Laboratory based studies of atmospheric interest

7.4. Optical properties of atmospheric aerosol particles

7.5. Future developments

Chapter 8 - Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for medical
applications

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Trace gases in medicine and biology

8.3. Instrumentation for laser analytics of breath and other
biological gas samples

8.4. Applications to life sciences

8.5. Conclusion and Perspectives

8.6. References

Chapter 9: Studies into the growth mechanism of a-Si:H using
in situ cavity ring-down techniques

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Gas phase CRDS on SiHx- radicals

9.3. Thin film CRDS on dangling bonds in a-Si:H films (ex
situ)

9.4. Evanescent wave CRDS on dangling bonds during a-Si:H film
growth

Chapter 10 - Cavity ring down spectroscopy for
combustion studies

10.1. Introduction

10.2. General description of cavity ring down spectroscopy in
flames

10.3. Experimental set-up

10.4. Quantitative concentration measurements in flames

10.5. Concentration profile determination

10.6. Specific difficulties in combustion studies

10.7. Case of particles: soot volume fraction determination

10.8. Conclusion and prospective

References

Appendix A Literature

"Explain[s] introductory concepts and basic experimental
techniques; useful variants such as continuous wave, phase shift,
and broadband CRDS; and developments and applications." (Book
News, December 2009)



style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: "Times-Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Times-Roman;">It
is undoubtedly a good reference to have in the lab where CRDS
experiments are done. Given the wide range of areas where CRDS and
its variants are being applied, it seems likely that this book will
generate broad interest in the chemical (and other scientific)
communities. (JACS,
January 2010)