Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy: Techniques and Applications

Editors: Giel Berden and Richard Engeln

Authors: Igor Aarts, Freek Ariese, Stephen Ball, Giel Berden, Pascale Desgroux, Richard Engeln, Cees Gooijer, Jean-Pierre van Helden, Gus Hancock, Peter Hering, Johan Hoefnagels, Bram Hoex, Roderic Jones, Erwin Kessels, Kevin K. Lehmann, Harold Linnartz, Hans-Peter Loock, Xavier Mercier, Manfred Mürtz, Robert Peverall, Andrew J. Orr-Ewing, Grant A. D. Ritchie, Richard van de Sanden, Lineke van der Sneppen, Wim Ubachs

Chapters: Preface; An introduction to cavity ring-down spectroscopy; Cavity enhanced techniques using continuous wave lasers; Broadband cavity ringdown spectroscopy; Cavity ring-down spectroscopy in analytical chemistry; Cavity ring-down spectroscopy using waveguides; Cavity ring down spectroscopy of molecular transients of astrophysical interest; Applications of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy in Atmospheric Chemistry; Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for medical applications; Studies into the growth mechanism of a-Si:H using in situ cavity ring-down techniques; Cavity-Ring Down Spectroscopy for Combustion Studies

Topics: (A short and incomplete list) optical cavities, mode matching, alignment of cavities, CRDS, CRDS variants, CEAS, phase-shift CRDS, evanescent wave CRDS, broadband CRDS, fiber loop CRDS, polarization dependent CRDS, trace gas detection, liquid phase CRDS, solid phase CRDS, thin film CRDS, on-line monotoring, medical applications, CRDS in hostile environments (plasma's, flames, discharges), time-dependent studies, CRDS for sprectoscopy, how to synchronize your experiment, how to achieve high spatial resolution, etc etc.

Publisher: Wiley

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Website: Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-4051-7688-0 (92 Euro) and also at Amazon.com (starting at 60 USD)

Flyer: two page flyer (pdf)

Preface: available as pdf file


Cavity Ring-Down User Meeting (every 2 year): 13th International User Meeting on Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy / Madison, USA, 2019


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