Abstract

In the filtered Rayleigh scattering (FRS) technique, Doppler or homogeneously broadened light from weak molecular scattering is separated from orders-of-magnitude stronger elastic scattering from surfaces, windows, particles, and/or droplets using a narrowband filter. In this work, high-speed detection of such weak molecular scattering is enabled by a burst-mode laser system that can achieve a spectral purity of ∼0.999999. This allows for an additional two orders of magnitude of attenuation from a narrowband iodine molecular filter for high-speed detection of gas-phase FRS in the presence of direct surface scattering at 532 nm. The methodology, system characterization, and feasibility of single-shot gas-phase FRS at 100 kHz or higher are presented and discussed.

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