Compact TDLAS based sensor design using interband cascade lasers for mid-IR trace gas sensing

Dong, Lei; Tittel, Frank K.; Li, Chunguang; Sanchez, Nancy P.; Wu, Hongpeng; Zheng, Chuantao; Yu, Yajun; Sampaolo, Angelo; Griffin, Robert J.

doi:10.1364/OE.24.00A528

Title: Compact TDLAS based sensor design using interband cascade lasers for mid-IR trace gas sensing

Journal Article · Thu Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.00A528· OSTI ID:1435047

Dong, Lei ^[1]; Tittel, Frank K. ^[2]; Li, Chunguang ^[2]; Sanchez, Nancy P. ^[3]; Wu, Hongpeng ^[4]; Zheng, Chuantao ^[2]; Yu, Yajun ^[2]; Sampaolo, Angelo ^[5]; Griffin, Robert J. ^[3]

Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). State Key Lab. of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Inst. of Laser Spectroscopy; Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). State Key Lab. of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Inst. of Laser Spectroscopy; Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Univ. e Politecnico di Bari, Bari (Italy). Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica

Two compact TDLAS sensor systems based on different structural optical cores were developed. The two optical cores combine two recent developments, gallium antimonide (GaSb)-based ICL and a compact multipass gas cell (MPGC) with the goal to create compact TDLAS based sensors for the mid-IR gas detection with high detection sensitivity and low power consumption. The sensors achieved minimum detection limits of ~5 ppbv and ~8 ppbv, respectively, for CH₄ and C₂H₆ concentration measurements with a 3.7-W power consumption.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Aeris Technologies, Inc., Redwood City, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Robert Welch Foundation

Contributing Organization:: University of Maryland

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000538; AR0000545; 2012CB921603; C-0586; AR000053; 61575113; 61275213

OSTI ID:: 1435047

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1255219

Report Number(s):: DOE-MAXION-00538-9; OPEXFF

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 24, Issue 6; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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