Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Quantitative analysis of decay transients applied to a multimode pulsed cavity ringdown experiment

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

The intensity and noise properties of decay transients obtained in a generic pulsed cavity ringdown experiment are analyzed experimentally and theoretically. A weighted nonlinear least-squares analysis of digitized decay transients is shown that avoids baseline offset effects that induce systematic deviations in the estimation of decay rates. As follows from simulations not only is it a method that provides correct estimates for the values of the fit parameters, but moreover it also yields a correct estimate of the precision of the fit parameters. It is shown experimentally that a properly aligned stable optical resonator can effectively yield monoexponential decays under multimode excitation. An on-line method has been developed, based on a statistical analysis of the noise properties of the decay transients, to align a stable resonator toward this monoexponential decay.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Pulsed, single-mode cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Roger D. van Zee, Joseph T. Hodges, and J. Patrick Looney
Appl. Opt. 38(18) 3951-3960 (1999)

Uncertainty analysis of absolute concentration measurement with continuous-wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Jae Wan Kim, Yong Shim Yoo, Jae Yong Lee, Jae Bong Lee, and Jae Won Hahn
Appl. Opt. 40(30) 5509-5516 (2001)

Doppler-free nonlinear absorption in ethylene by use of continuous-wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy

Christine R. Bucher, Kevin K. Lehmann, David F. Plusquellic, and Gerald T. Fraser
Appl. Opt. 39(18) 3154-3164 (2000)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (9)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (2)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (17)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved