Abstract
We report on a novel pump-probe thermal-lens method for the measurement of absorption in extended samples using nearly collimated continuous wave (CW) and low-power probe and pump beams. We report the measurement of the absorption of a column of distilled water up to 2 meters thick. The method allows the determination of the absorption with sensitivities up to 10−10 W cm−1 in materials with photothermal parameters similar to distilled water.
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