Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell

Dong, Lei; Yu, Yajun; Li, Chunguang; So, Stephen; Tittel, Frank K.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.019821

Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell

Journal Article · Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.019821· OSTI ID:1435053

Dong, Lei ^[1]; Yu, Yajun ^[2]; Li, Chunguang ^[2]; So, Stephen ^[3]; Tittel, Frank K. ^[2]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China). State Key Lab. of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Inst. of Laser Spectroscopy; Maxion Technologies
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sentinel Photonics, Monmouth Junction, NJ (United States)

A ppb-level formaldehyde (H₂CO) sensor was developed using a thermoelectrically cooled (TEC), continuous-wave (CW) room temperature interband cascade laser (ICL) emitting at 3.59 μm and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell with >50 m optical path length. Performance of the sensor was investigated with two measurement schemes: direct absorption (DAS) and wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS). With an integration time of less than 1.5 second, a detection limit of ~3 ppbv for H₂CO measurement with precision of 1.25 ppbv for DAS and 0.58 ppbv for WMS, respectively, was achieved without zero air based background subtraction. An Allan-Werle variance analysis indicated that the precisions can be further improved to 0.26 ppbv @ 300s for DAS and 69 pptv @ 90 s for WMS, respectively. Finally, a side-by-side comparison between two measurement schemes is also discussed in detail.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000538

OSTI ID:: 1435053

Report Number(s):: DOE-MAXION--00538-10

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 23; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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