Optically-switched Dual-wavelength Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer For High-precision Isotopic Ratio Measurements Of Methane δd And ¹³c In The Near-infrared

Chen, TzuLing

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Title

Optically-switched Dual-wavelength Cavity Ring-down Spectrometer For High-precision Isotopic Ratio Measurements Of Methane δd And ¹³c In The Near-infrared

Author(s)

Chen, TzuLing

Contributor(s)

• Okumura, Mitchio
• SHEN, LINHAN
• Bui, THINH
• MIRI, ROBIN
• Ober, Douglas

Issue Date

2021-06-24

Keyword(s)

Spectroscopy as an analytical tool

Abstract

We report a spectrometer employing optically-switched dual-wavelength cavity ring-down spectroscopy (OSDW-CRDS) for high-precision measurements of methane isotopic ratios. A wave-guide optical switch rapidly alternated between two wavelengths to detect absorption by two isotopologues using near-infrared CRDS. This approach alleviated common-mode noise that originated primarily from temperature and frequency fluctuations. We demonstrated the measurement of $\delta$D in natural abundance methane to a precision of 0.23~\%, despite the lack of active temperature or frequency stabilization of the cavity. The ability of alternating OSDW-CRDS in improving isotope precision were measured by Allan deviation as varying switching time intervals (0.1~Hz$\sim$10~Hz) and the use of frequency-stabilizing cavity length. This system can be extended to a wide variety of applications such as isotope analysis of other species, kinetic isotope effects, {\it ortho-para} ratio measurements, and isomer abundance measurements. Furthermore, our technique can be extended to multiple isotopic analysis through the use of multi-port optical switches.

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International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Language

eng

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2021.RF08

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