Measurements of Light Extinction by Single Aerosol Particles

Jim S. Walker; Antonia E. Carruthers; Andrew J. Orr-Ewing; Jonathan P. Reid

doi:10.1021/jz4008068

Measurements of Light Extinction by Single Aerosol Particles

Jim S. Walker, Antonia E. Carruthers, Andrew J. Orr-Ewing^*, Jonathan P. Reid

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Abstract

A Bessel beam optical trap is combined with continuous wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy to measure the extinction cross section of individual aerosol particles. Particles, similar to 1 mu m in size, can be captured indefinitely and processes that transform size or refractive index studied. The measured light extinction induced by the particle is shown to depend on the position of the particle in the cavity, allowing accurate measurements of the mode structure of a high finesse optical cavity without significant perturbation. The variation in extinction efficiency of a sodium chloride droplet with relative humidity is shown to agree well with predictions from Mie scattering theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1748-1752
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume	4
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jz4008068
Publication status	Published - 16 May 2013

Keywords

CAVITY RING-DOWN
OPTICAL-PROPERTIES
REFRACTIVE-INDEX
SALT AEROSOLS
SCATTERING
SPECTROSCOPY
SPECTROMETER

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A Novel Instrument for Characterising the Properties and Processes of Single Accumulation Mode Aerosol Particles
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR SAMPLING, ANALYSING AND UNDERSTANDING AEROSOLS
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A Novel Instrument for Characterising the Properties and Processes of Single Accumulation Mode Aerosol Particles

NEW STRATEGIES FOR SAMPLING, ANALYSING AND UNDERSTANDING AEROSOLS

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