Method for obtaining gas concentration with a phase-based metrology system

摘要

A new technique is presented for obtaining gas concentration by measuring the slope of the anomalous dispersion at a resonance. We describe the equations that govern this process using a Lorentz model and show that the slope of the anomalous dispersion is directly related to the absorption coefficient. The slope is obtained from an interferometric setup and a frequency modulation spectroscopy technique. Experimental data are presented that illustrate this technique for two different sample cells containing water vapor. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America. [References: 9]