Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell
Abstract
A ppb-level formaldehyde (H 2CO) 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 H 2CO 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.
- Authors:
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- 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
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Sentinel Photonics, Monmouth Junction, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); Robert Welch Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1435053
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-MAXION-00538-10
Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087; OPEXFF
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AR0000538; 61275213; 61108030; C-0586; IIP-1230427
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Laser sensors; Spectroscopy; infrared; Semiconductor lasers; quantum cascade
Citation Formats
Dong, Lei, Yu, Yajun, Li, Chunguang, So, Stephen, and Tittel, Frank K. Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.23.019821.
Dong, Lei, Yu, Yajun, Li, Chunguang, So, Stephen, & Tittel, Frank K. Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.019821
Dong, Lei, Yu, Yajun, Li, Chunguang, So, Stephen, and Tittel, Frank K. Mon .
"Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.019821. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1435053.
@article{osti_1435053,
title = {Ppb-level formaldehyde detection using a CW room-temperature interband cascade laser and a miniature dense pattern multipass gas cell},
author = {Dong, Lei and Yu, Yajun and Li, Chunguang and So, Stephen and Tittel, Frank K.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.019821},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1435053},
journal = {Optics Express},
issn = {1094-4087},
number = 15,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {2015},
month = {7}
}
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