Applications of optical-cavity-based spectroscopic techniques in the condensed phase

Thesis

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) and cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy (CEAS) are two well-established absorption spectroscopic techniques originally developed for gas-phase samples. Condensed-phase applications of these techniques still remain rare, complicated as they are by additional background losses induced by condensed-phase samples as well as the intracavity components in which the sample is constrained. This thesis is concerned with the development and application of opt...

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Authors: Li, J

• Publication date: 2014
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: molecular orientation; evanescent wave CRDS; magnetic field effects; cavity ring-down spectroscopy; cryptochrome; broadband CEAS; laser spectroscopy; cavity enhanced absorption spectroscopy; radical pair; photobleaching; optical cavity; fluorescence
• Subjects: Laser Spectroscopy; Physical & theoretical chemistry