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| author | Pelini, Jacopo Russo, Stefano Dello Zhang, Chenghong Wang, Zhen Galli, Iacopo Pastor, Pablo Cancio Canino, Maria Concetta Roncaglia, Alberto Akikusa, Naota Ren, Wei de Cumis, Mario Siciliani De Natale, Paolo Borri, Simone |
| author_facet | Pelini, Jacopo Russo, Stefano Dello Zhang, Chenghong Wang, Zhen Galli, Iacopo Pastor, Pablo Cancio Canino, Maria Concetta Roncaglia, Alberto Akikusa, Naota Ren, Wei de Cumis, Mario Siciliani De Natale, Paolo Borri, Simone |
| contents | Molecules are emerging as new benchmark for metrology and fundamental physics research, driving the demand for spectroscopic techniques combining high sensitivity and resolution. Photoacoustic spectroscopy has proven to combine high sensitivity with appealing features like compactness, wavelength-independent and background-free detection. To date, photoacoustic sensing has mostly been focused on high-pressure applied trace-gas analysis, while accessing the low-pressure regime has been considered not compatible with efficient acoustic wave propagation. However, sensing gas samples at low pressure is the key to get access to high-resolution spectroscopy. Here, we demonstrate that sub-Doppler saturation spectroscopy can be performed on low-pressure trace gases in a cavity-enhanced photoacoustic sensor with mW-level mid-infrared radiation. Moreover, we show that the same setup can be operated at higher pressure, enabling trace-gas detection with 5 parts-per-billion sensitivity with a laser power as low as 35 microwatts. This allows to extend the unique advantages of the photoacoustic technique to metrology and fundamental physics and provides the mid-infrared with a cost-effective, flexible tool combining high sensitivity and resolution. |
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| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Sub-doppler trace-gas photoacoustic spectroscopy Pelini, Jacopo Russo, Stefano Dello Zhang, Chenghong Wang, Zhen Galli, Iacopo Pastor, Pablo Cancio Canino, Maria Concetta Roncaglia, Alberto Akikusa, Naota Ren, Wei de Cumis, Mario Siciliani De Natale, Paolo Borri, Simone Optics Applied Physics Molecules are emerging as new benchmark for metrology and fundamental physics research, driving the demand for spectroscopic techniques combining high sensitivity and resolution. Photoacoustic spectroscopy has proven to combine high sensitivity with appealing features like compactness, wavelength-independent and background-free detection. To date, photoacoustic sensing has mostly been focused on high-pressure applied trace-gas analysis, while accessing the low-pressure regime has been considered not compatible with efficient acoustic wave propagation. However, sensing gas samples at low pressure is the key to get access to high-resolution spectroscopy. Here, we demonstrate that sub-Doppler saturation spectroscopy can be performed on low-pressure trace gases in a cavity-enhanced photoacoustic sensor with mW-level mid-infrared radiation. Moreover, we show that the same setup can be operated at higher pressure, enabling trace-gas detection with 5 parts-per-billion sensitivity with a laser power as low as 35 microwatts. This allows to extend the unique advantages of the photoacoustic technique to metrology and fundamental physics and provides the mid-infrared with a cost-effective, flexible tool combining high sensitivity and resolution. |
| title | Sub-doppler trace-gas photoacoustic spectroscopy |
| topic | Optics Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02026 |