Abstract
In recent years there has been considerable interest in using diode laser based sensors for a variety of gas monitoring applications in different environments. Tunable diode lasers (TDLs) have the advantages of low power consumption, small size, non-intrusiveness, high speed modulation, and ease of use. One spectroscopic technique that has been employed with diode lasers to obtain high detection sensitivity is frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS).1-5 The technique has been used for quantum limited detection of absorbances at the 10−8 level. TDLs are ideal candidates for FMS since they can be easily modulated at high frequencies by direct injection current modulation.
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