Paper Reprints
In chronological order:

1. Y.Mine, N. Melander, D. Richter, D.G. Lancaster, K.P. Petrov, R.F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, "Detection of formaldehyde using mid-infrared difference frequency generation," Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics, B65, 6, 771-774 (1997)


2. D.G. Lancaster, D. Richter, R.F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, "Real-Time Measurements of Trace Gases Using a Compact Difference Frequency Based Sensor Operating at 3.5 μm," Applied Physics B – Lasers and Optics, Special Issue on Environmental Trace Gas Detection using Laser Spectroscopy, B67, 3, 339-345 (1998)


3. D. Richter, D.G. Lancaster, R.F. Curl, W. Neu, F.K. Tittel, "Compact mid-infrared trace gas sensor based on difference-frequency generation of two diode lasers in periodically poled LiNbO3," Applied Physics B – Lasers and Optics, Special Issue on Environmental Trace Gas Detection using Laser Spectroscopy, B67, 3, 347-350 (1998)


4. D.G. Lancaster, D. Richter, F.K. Tittel, "Portable fiber coupled diode laser based sensor for multiple trace gas detection," Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics, DOI 10.1007/s003409900115 (1999)


5. D. G. Lancaster, D. Richter, R. F. Curl, F.K. Tittel, L. Goldberg, J. Koplow, "High power cw mid-IR radiation by difference frequency mixing of diode laser seeded fiber amplifiers and its application to dual beam spectroscopy," Optics Letters, 24, 23, 1744-1746 (1999)


6. F. K. Tittel, D. G. Lancaster, D. Richter, "Novel Diode Laser Based Sensors for Gas Sensing Applications," Laser Physics, 10, 1, 1-7 (2000)


7. D. G. Lancaster, R. Weidner, D. Richter, F.K. Tittel, J. Limpert, "Compact CH4 sensor based on difference frequency mixing of diode lasers in quasi-phasematched LiNbO3," Optics Communication, 175, 461-468 (2000)


8. Dirk Richter, David G. Lancaster, Frank K. Tittel, "Development of an automated diode laser based multi-component gas sensor," Applied Optics 39, 4444-4450 (2000)


9. Limpert, J.; Zellmer, H.; Tunnermann, A.; Lancaster, D.G.; Weidner, R.; Richter, D.; Tittel, F.K.,"Tunable continuous-wave DFG based gas sensor using fibre amplified 1.5 μm external cavity diode laser and high power 1 mm diode laser," Electron. Lett. 36, 1739-1741 (2000)

10. Naoya Matsuoka, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Kenzo Nanri, Tomoo Fujioka, Dirk Richter, and Frank K. Tittel, “Yb fiber laser pumped mid-IR source based on difference frequency generation and its application to ammonia detection,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 40, 625-628 (2001)

11. R.Claps, F.V. Englich, D. Leleux, D. Richter, F.K. Tittel, R.F. Curl, "Ammonia detection using near infrared laser based overtone spectroscopy," Applied Optics 40, 4387-4394 (2001)

12. Dirk Richter, Miklos Erdelyi, Robert F. Curl, Frank K. Tittel, Clive Oppenheimer, Hayley J. Duffell, Mike Burton, “Field measurements of volcanic gases using tunable diode laser based mid-infrared and fourier transform infrared spectrometers,”Optics and Laser Engineering 37, 171-186 (2002)

13. M. Erdelyi, D. Richter and F. K. Tittel, “Measurement of 13CO2 / 12CO2 isotopic ratio using a difference-frequency-based sensor operating at 4.35 μm,” Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics 75, 289-295 (2002)

14. D. Richter, A. Fried, B. P. Wert, J. G. Walega and F. K. Tittel, “Development of a tunable mid-IR difference-frequency laser source for highly sensitive airborne trace gas detection,” Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics 75, 28-288 (2002)

15. D. Richter and P. Weibring, "Ultra-high precision mid-IR spectrometer I: Design and analysis of an optical fiber pumped difference-frequency generation source," Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 82, 479-486, March 2006 (DOI: 10.1007/s00340-005-2072-2 Published Online December 17, 2005)

16. P. Weibring, D. Richter, A. Fried, J.G. Walega and C. Dyroff, "Ultra-high precision mid-IR spectrometer II: System description and Spectroscopic Performance," Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 85, 207-218, November 2006 (10.1007/s00340-006-2300-4 Published Online June 24, 2006)

17. D. Richter, P. Weibring, A. Fried, O. Tadanaga, Y. Nishida, M. Asobe, and H. Suzuki, " High-power, tunable difference frequency generation source for absorption spectroscopy based on a ridge waveguide periodically poled lithium niobate crystal," Opt. Express 15, 564-571 (2007)

18. C. Dyroff, P. Weibring, A. Fried, D. Richter, J.G. Walega, A. Zahn, W. Freunde, P. Werle, “Stark-enhanced diode laser spectroscopy of formaldehyde using a modified Herriott-type multipass cell,” Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics (June 2007) (DOI: 10.1007/s00340-007-2671-1)

19. P. Weibring, D. Richter, J. G. Walega, and A. Fried, "First demonstration of a high performance difference frequency spectrometer on airborne platforms," Opt. Express 15, 13476-13495 (2007)