رسالة جامعية
Development of continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillators and their application to photo-thermal spectroscopy
| العنوان: | Development of continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillators and their application to photo-thermal spectroscopy |
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| المؤلفون: | Thomas, Jack |
| المساهمون: | Rae, Cameron Francis, Stothard, David J. M., Dunn, Malcolm H., Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd |
| بيانات النشر: | University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Optical parametric oscillator, Photo-thermal interferometric spectroscopy, Mid-infrared spectroscopy, Continuous mode-hop tuning, Sagnac interferometer, Single-frequency sources, Mid-infrared sources, Gas spectroscopy, Squeezed light generator |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | xi, 222 p. |
| الوصف: | The development of both a spectrally tunable radiation source and a sensitive detection transducer for spectroscopic applications are described in this thesis. The emission source is an optical parametric oscillator operating in the continuous-wave regime with a pump-enhanced singly-resonant architecture and involves the separate development of two constituent parts: A continuous-wave pump laser operating at 1064 nm based on neodymium-doped crystals focused on achieving high power whilst maintaining single-frequency operation; and a split-ring pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator operating from this pump source focused on fine-tuning in mode-hops. This source was capable of coarsely tuning in the mid-infrared over 3 – 4 μm with an average of 140 mW of power with the ability of automated mode-hop tuning continuously over 90 cm⁻¹ in 0.07 cm⁻¹ steps. The detection transducer is based upon photo-thermal interferometric spectroscopy which employs a phase-sensitive method to detect the heating of a gas sample under radiation from the appropriately tuned source. Utilisation of a spectrally-independent probe beam permits samples with strong absorption features in the mid/deep-infrared to be examined whilst utilising the low-cost, high-sensitivity photodetectors in the visible/near-infrared region. This work implements both a Mach-Zehnder and a Sagnac interferometer, where the latter holds the potential to minimise the effects of the environment and simplify the associated experimental steps by removing stabilising electronic circuitry. Combined utilisation of this transducer alongside the excitation source has demonstrated an ability to detect the presence of ethane down to 100 parts-per-billion. Further development considered the interferometer inherent in photo-thermal spectroscopy, where this provides an avenue for employing optical squeezing techniques to increase the ultimate sensitivity of this technique. Construction of a squeezed light generator to use as a probe beam based on second-order nonlinearity ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | G. Robertson, M. J. Padgett and M. H. Dunn, “Continuous-wave singly resonant pump-enhanced type II LiB3O5 optical parametric oscillator,” Optics Letters, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 1735-1737, 1994.; D. J. M. Stothard, I. D. Lindsay and M. H. Dunn, “Continuous-wave pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator with ring resonator for wide and continuous tuning of single-frequency radiation,” Optics Express, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 502-511, 2004.; M. Ebrahimzadeh and M. H. Dunn, “Optical Parametric Oscillators,” in Handbook of Optics, New York, USA, McGraw-Hill, 2000, p. Chapter 22.; C. C. Davis, “Trace detection in gases using phase fluctuation optical heterodyne spectroscopy,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 515-518, 1980.; C. C. Davis and S. J. Petuchowski, “Phase fluctuation optical heterodyne spectroscopy of gase,” Applied Optics, vol. 20, no. 14, pp. 2539-2554, 1981.; M. S. Stefszky, Generation and Detection of Low-Frequency Squeezing for Gravitational-Wave Detection, Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University, 2012.; Development of continuous-wave pump-enhanced OPOs and their application in photo-thermal spectroscopy (thesis data) Thomas, J., University of St Andrews, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17630/d0a7453b-1386-4958-bc99-aa48b845dbe0Test; https://doi.org/10.17630/d0a7453b-1386-4958-bc99-aa48b845dbe0Test; http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23088Test; https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/62Test; EP/L01596X/1 (EPSRC) |
| DOI: | 10.17630/sta/62 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/62Test https://doi.org/10.17630/d0a7453b-1386-4958-bc99-aa48b845dbe0Test http://hdl.handle.net/10023/23088Test |
| حقوق: | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Test/ ; 2023-02-10 ; Thesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 10th February 2023 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.C2961875 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.17630/sta/62 |
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