Abstract

A new technique is presented for obtaining gas concentration by measuring the slope of the anomalous dispersion at a resonance. We describe the equations that govern this process using a Lorentz model and show that the slope of the anomalous dispersion is directly related to the absorption coefficient. The slope is obtained from an interferometric setup and a frequency modulation spectroscopy technique. Experimental data are presented that illustrate this technique for two different sample cells containing water vapor.

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