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EPSRC Reference:	GR/M61085/01
Title:	ROPA: FIBRE LASERS & AMPLIFIERS FOR INTRA-CAVITY & RING-DOWN CAVITY SPECTROSCOPY
Principal Investigator:	Culshaw, Professor B
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Department:	Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Organisation:	University of Strathclyde
Scheme:	ROPA
Starts:	01 October 1999	Ends:	31 March 2002	Value (£):	140,769
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Instrumentation Eng. & Dev.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate, for the first time, all-fibre systems for intra-cavity and ring-down cavity spectroscopy for application in trace gas monitoring. Recently both techniques have been demonstrated in conventional format for high-sensitivity absorption spectroscopy, but the introduction of fibres (with fibre lasers and amplifiers where appropriate) is entirely new and extends thier capibility. In the project, both intra-cavity absorption, where a micro-optic gas cell is incorporated within a fibre ring laser, and active or passive fibre ring-down cavities, where pulse decay is monitored, will be investigated theoretically and experimentally for quantitive gas measurements.
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