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Title: Acoustic resonance frequency locked photoacoustic spectrometer

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174487

A photoacoustic spectroscopy method and apparatus for maintaining an acoustic source frequency on a sample cell resonance frequency comprising: providing an acoustic source to the sample cell, the acoustic source having a source frequency; repeatedly and continuously sweeping the source frequency across the resonance frequency at a sweep rate; and employing an odd-harmonic of the source frequency sweep rate to maintain the source frequency sweep centered on the resonance frequency.

Research Organization:
Southwest Sciences, Incorporated, Santa Fe, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-99ER82887
Assignee:
Southwest Sciences, Incorporated
Patent Number(s):
6,618,148
Application Number:
09/782,138
OSTI ID:
1174487
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

New developments in CO2-laser photoacoustic monitoring of trace gases journal February 1995
Design and characterization of a windowless resonant photoacoustic chamber equipped with resonance locking circuitry journal March 1991

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