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Type: 
Conference
Description: 
In the race toward increasingly high-performance trace-molecule sensors, one of the most significant steps forward in the last decade for photoacoustic sensors was their combination with high-finesse optical cavities. Validated with different configurations, this technique demonstrated enhanced sensitivities below the part-per-trillion level (ppt) and record dynamic ranges. Here we present our advanced cantilever-based photoacoustic setup, based on a custom-made silicon cantilever embedded in a doubly-resonant configuration. The combination of a high-quality-factor acoustic resonator and a high-finesse optical cavity allows a final sensitivity enhancement by several orders of magnitude. The sensor was tested on strong N2O transitions around 4.5 μm wavelength with a continuous-wave quantum cascade laser.
Publisher: 
SPIE
Publication date: 
8 Mar 2024
Authors: 

Jacopo Pelini, Mario Siciliani de Cumis, Zhen Wang, Stefano Dello Russo, Iacopo Galli, Inaki Lopez Garcia, Maria Concetta Canino, Alberto Roncaglia, Pablo Cancio Pastor, Naota Akikusa, Wei Ren, Paolo De Natale, Simone Borri

Biblio References: 
Volume: 12895 Pages: 60-63
Origin: 
Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XX