Widely tunable mode-hop free external cavity quantum cascade lasers for high resolution spectroscopy and chemical sensing
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Recent progress in the development of room temperature, continuous wave, widely tunable, mode-hop-free mid-infrared external cavity quantum cascade laser (EC-QCL) spectroscopic sources is reported. A single mode tuning range of 155 cm−1 (∼ 8% of the center wavelength) with a maximum power of 11.1 mW and 182 cm−1 (∼ 15% of the center wavelength) with a maximum power of 50 mW was obtained for 5.3 and 8.4 μm EC-QCLs respectively. This technology is particularly suitable for high resolution spectroscopic applications, multi species trace-gas detection and spectroscopic measurements of broadband absorbers. Several examples of spectroscopic measurements performed using EC-QCL based spectrometers are demonstrated. PACS 42.55.Px; 42.60.-v; 42.62.Fi; 07.07.Df
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