Infrared Seeded Parametric Four-wave Mixing for Sensitive Detection of Molecules

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Fernee, M.
Barker, P.
Knight, A.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H.
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1997
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We have developed a sensitive resonant four-wave mixing technique based on two-photon parametric four-wave mixing with the addition of a phase matched “seeder” field. Generation of the seeder field via the same four-wave mixing process in a high pressure cell enables automatic phase matching to be achieved in a low pressure sample cell. This arrangement facilitates sensitive detection of complex molecular spectra by simply tuning the pump laser. We demonstrate the technique with the detection of nitric oxide down to concentrations more than 4 orders of magnitude below the capability of parametric four-wave mixing alone, with an estimated detection threshold of 10/12th molecules / cm3.

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Physical Review Letters

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79

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11

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Mathematical Sciences

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