Abstract:
A method for controlling the emission frequency of a laser comprises: recording a first spectrum by passing a laser light emitted by the laser through a sample onto a detector, the detector being connected to a multichannel analyzer which assigns pulses detected by the detector to a channel; determining a first channel to which the maximum of a first signal in the first spectrum has been assigned; determining a second channel to which the maximum of a second signal in the first spectrum has been assigned; recording a second spectrum in analog fashion like the first spectrum; determining whether the maximum of the first signal in the second spectrum has been assigned to the first channel and whether the maximum of the second signal in the second spectrum has been assigned to the second channel; adjusting the operating temperature of the laser in the event of deviations determined in the previous step.
Abstract:
A method for determining the temperature of an infrared-active gas by means of infrared spectroscopy is provided. The method comprising: radiating infrared light in a spectral range of 700 cm−1 to 5000 cm−1 originating from an infrared light source onto the gas; obtaining a first absorption-related parameter originating from measuring a first infrared absorption band of the gas, wherein the first infrared absorption band is a hot band being caused by thermal population of at least one vibrational mode of the gas; obtaining a second absorption-related parameter originating from measuring a second infrared absorption band of the gas, and calculating a ratio between the first absorption-related parameter and the second absorption-related parameter. The method is characterized in that the ratio is used to determine the temperature of the gas, wherein the ratio has a relative change of at least 0.5% per Kelvin temperature difference of the gas.