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Fiber Loop Ringdown Sensors and Sensing

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Fiber loop ringdown (FLRD) spectroscopy evolves directly from cavity ringdown spectroscopy, using a section of optical waveguide to replace the mirror-based cavity to achieve the multi-pass approach. Over the last several years, FLRD has gone far beyond the original applications of cavity ringdown spectroscopy to trace gas measurements to a broad range of applications in chemical, physical, and biological sensing. Using a uniform sensing scheme—measuring time to sense a quantity, FLRD is not only able to adopt a wide variety of sensing mechanisms for individual sensor fabrication, but is also uniquely suitable for large-scale, multi-function sensor network development.

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    In the text below FLRD means the fiber loop ringdown with a single loop only.

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Acknowledgements

The work and highlights covered in this chapter bridge a period of 10 years of the emerging technique of FLRD. Many results from Mississippi State University included in this chapter came from the collaborative effort of former and current graduate students working in my research group. Their names and substantial scientific contributions are partially reflected in the references below. In particular, I want to thank Susan Scherrer, Armstrong Mbi, Chamini Herath, Malik (Burak) Kaya, Peeyush Sahay, and Haifa Alali.

Our FLRD research is currently supported by the National Science Foundation (#CMMI-0927539) and the US Department of Energy (#AC84132N through Savannah River Nuclear Solutions LLC).

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Wang, C. (2014). Fiber Loop Ringdown Sensors and Sensing. In: Gagliardi, G., Loock, HP. (eds) Cavity-Enhanced Spectroscopy and Sensing. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40003-2_12

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