Optical microphone for photoacoustic spectroscopy

An optical microphone configuration is experimentally demonstrated. It is based on the deflection of a He‐Ne laser beam from a thin reflective pellicle bound on one edge over the duct of a conventional photoacoustic cell. Possible applications of this kind of photoacoustic detection are discussed.

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