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A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER-PUMPED, SMALL-CAVITY FIBER LASER AND AN OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF ANALYTE CONCENTRATIONS OR OTHER SUCH SPECIES IN A SPECIMEN EMPLOYING SUCH A LASER
A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER-PUMPED, SMALL-CAVITY FIBER LASER AND AN OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF ANALYTE CONCENTRATIONS OR OTHER SUCH SPECIES IN A SPECIMEN EMPLOYING SUCH A LASER
An optical spectroscopy apparatus determines the concentration of analyte in a specimen that utilizes a single radiation source which is hybrid laser comprising a semiconductor pump laser and small-cavity rare fiber laser where laser cavities of both lasers are butt coupled or otherwise optically coupled to form a plurality of laser cavities that produce a plurality of emission wavelengths, one which may be the pump laser emission wavelength at the output of the fiber laser thereby forming a multi-wavelength combined output where the wavelengths substantially match distinguishing spectral characteristic features along at least a portion of a characteristic optical spectrum of the analyte under examination. In lieu of complex data analysis of these wavelengths to determine value representing the concentration of the analyte in an examined specimen, the semiconductor pump laser or lasers are modulated as a plurality of tone frequencies, where at least a first of the modulation frequencies is below the maximum frequency response of the fiber laser so that the first modulation effectively modulates the pump emission wavelength and a first emission wavelength of the fiber laser in the hybrid laser combined output, and at least a second modulation frequencies is above the maximum frequency response of the fiber laser so that the second modulation effectively modulates the pump emission wavelength but not the first emission wavelength of the fiber laser in the hybrid laser combined output. Further, one or more additional modulation frequencies may be applied to the pump laser which are intermediate of the first and second modulation frequencies where it is at least responsive to at least one further emission wavelength of the fiber laser and also provided in the hybrid laser combined output.
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