Cavity-locked ring-down spectroscopy

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Abstract

We have performed cavity ring-down spectroscopy by locking a high-finesse resonator to the probe laser. We have obtained combination overtone spectra of water vapor in the ambient environment with a baseline noise of 5×10−9 cm−1 for decay constants (R=99.93% reflectors) of 1 μs. This cavity-locked approach ensures single transverse mode excitation, reduces shot-to-shot fluctuations in the decay constant to 4×10−3, and eliminates oscillations in spectral backgrounds. This approach also allows ring-down decay acquisition rates limited only by the ring-down and buildup constants of the resonator, and holds the promise of offering truly shot-noise-limited cavity ring-down spectroscopy measurements.

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