Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Techniques and Applications

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ISBN: 9781405176880 | 1405176881
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/19/2009

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This book aims to provide a complete overview of CRDS, with introductory chapters on the fundamentals and general experimental schemes, and specialist chapters on applications and new developments in spectroscopic analysis, atmospheric chemistry, medical diagnostics, and combustion and plasma studies. Designed as both a starting point and a reference source, the book is suitable for readers who are unfamiliar with the technique as well as experienced users.The only leading texts on this topic currently in print are outdated and there is an identifiable need for an updated discussion of the field

Preface
List of Contributors
Glossary
An introduction to cavity ring-down spectroscopy
Introduction
Direct absorption spectroscopy
Basic cavity ring down spectroscopy setup
A more refined picture
Fitting of cavity ring down transients
A few examples
Going beyond the standard pulsed CRDS experiment
Summary
References
Cavity enhanced techniques using continuous wave lasers
Introduction
Properties of optical cavities and cw lasers relevant to cavity enhanced spectroscopy
Experimental methods for cw laser cavity enhanced spectroscopy
Spectroscopy with resonant cavities
Summary
Broadband cavity ring-down spectroscopy
Introduction
The time and wavelength evolution of a single ringdown event
Two dimensional techniques: resolving broadband cavity output in time and wavelength
One dimensional techniques: time or wavelength
How to extract quantitative information from broadband spectra
Optimising the sensitivity of a broadband measurement
Applications of broadband cavity methods
References
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy in analytical chemistry
Introduction
Condensed media CRDS
Evanescent-wave CRDS
Future trends and perspectives
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy using waveguides
Introduction
The basic experiments
Optics and Instrumentation
Review of waveguide CRD literature
Conclusion and outlook
Acknowledgements
Cavity ring down spectroscopy of molecular transients of astrophysical interest
Introduction
Experimental
Astronomical considerations
Results
Outlook
Acknowledgements
References
Applications of cavity ring-down spectroscopy in atmospheric chemistry
Brief overview
Measurement of trace atmospheric species by CRDS
Laboratory based studies of atmospheric interest
Optical properties of atmospheric aerosol particles
Future developments
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for medical applications
Introduction
Trace gases in medicine and biology
Instrumentation for laser analytics of breath and other biological gas samples
Applications to life sciences
Conclusion and Perspectives
References
Studies into the growth mechanism of a-Si:H using in situ cavity ring-down techniques
Introduction
Gas phase CRDS on SiH_x radicals
Thin film CRDS on dangling bonds in a-Si:H films (ex situ)
Evanescent wave CRDS on dangling bonds during a-Si:H film growth
- Cavity ring down spectroscopy for combustion studies
Introduction
General description of cavity ring down spectroscopy in flames
Experimental set-up
Quantitative concentration measurements in flames
Concentration profile determination
Specific difficulties in combustion studies
Case of particles: soot volume fraction determination
Conclusion and prospective
References
Literature
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