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Gernot Friedrichs

Sensitive Absorption Methods for Quantitative Gas Phase Kinetic Measurements. Part 2: Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy

Keywords: Review, Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Time-Resolved, Reaction Kinetics

Cavity ringdown spectroscopy (CRDS) and frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) are sensitive absorption based detection methods that have found widespread applications in gas phase reaction kinetics. In part 2 of this review, the theoretical foundations of CRDS are addressed with a special emphasis on quantitative time-resolved measurements of concentration profiles. A complementary review of FMS can be found in part 1 (Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1–30). Practical aspects, possible pitfalls, attainable sensitivities, and modern trends are discussed. Recent kinetic studies based on CRDS measurements as a time-resolved detection tool are briefly reviewed and a bibliography with 136 entries is included to facilitate the access to the large body of original literature.

Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 0942-9352
Volume: 222, 01/2008
Pages: 31 - 61

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