Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser
Abstract
A mid-infrared ethane (C 2H 6) sensor based on a wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) technique was developed using a thermoelectrically cooled (TEC), continuous-wave (CW) interband cascade laser (ICL) emitting at 3.34 μm and a dense multi-pass gas cell (MPGC, 17 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm 3) with a 54.6 m optical path length. A compact optical sensor system with a physical size of 35.5 × 18 × 12.5 cm 3 was designed and constructed. An ICL was employed for targeting a strong C 2H 6 line at 2996.88 cm -1 at <100 Torr gas pressure in the fundamental absorption band of C 2H 6. The sensor performance, including the minimum detection limit (MDL) and the stability were improved by reducing the effect of laser power drift by means of the 2f/1f-WMS technique. A MDL of ~1.2 parts per billion (ppbv) for 2f-WMS and ~1.0 ppbv for 2f/1f-WMS were achieved, respectively, with a measurement time of 4 s. The MDL was further improved from 299 pptv (@108 s for 2f-WMS) to 239 pptv (@208 s for 2f/1f-WMS), based on an Allan deviation analysis.The rise time (@0 → 100 ppbv) and fall time (@100 → 0 ppbv) were determined to be ~64more »
- Authors:
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- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). State Key Lab. on Integrated Optoelectronics and College of Electronic Science and Engineering
- 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 and Inst. of Laser Spectroscopy
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); China Scholarship Council; National Science Foundation (NSF); Welch Foundation, Houston, TX (United States); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); Changchun Municipal Science and Technology Bureau
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1435936
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-MAXION-00538-16
Journal ID: ISSN 0925-4005; PII: S092540051630435X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AR0000538; 201406170107; C-0586; IIP-1230427; AR0000547; AR0000545; 201506175025; 61307124; 14KG022; 61575113; 61275213
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 232; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-4005
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 03 NATURAL GAS; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; C2H6 sensor; Infrared spectroscopy; Interband cascade laser
Citation Formats
Li, Chunguang, Dong, Lei, Zheng, Chuantao, and Tittel, Frank K. Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141.
Li, Chunguang, Dong, Lei, Zheng, Chuantao, & Tittel, Frank K. Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141
Li, Chunguang, Dong, Lei, Zheng, Chuantao, and Tittel, Frank K. Sat .
"Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1435936.
@article{osti_1435936,
title = {Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser},
author = {Li, Chunguang and Dong, Lei and Zheng, Chuantao and Tittel, Frank K.},
abstractNote = {A mid-infrared ethane (C2H6) sensor based on a wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) technique was developed using a thermoelectrically cooled (TEC), continuous-wave (CW) interband cascade laser (ICL) emitting at 3.34 μm and a dense multi-pass gas cell (MPGC, 17 × 6.5 × 5.5 cm3) with a 54.6 m optical path length. A compact optical sensor system with a physical size of 35.5 × 18 × 12.5 cm3 was designed and constructed. An ICL was employed for targeting a strong C2H6 line at 2996.88 cm-1 at <100 Torr gas pressure in the fundamental absorption band of C2H6. The sensor performance, including the minimum detection limit (MDL) and the stability were improved by reducing the effect of laser power drift by means of the 2f/1f-WMS technique. A MDL of ~1.2 parts per billion (ppbv) for 2f-WMS and ~1.0 ppbv for 2f/1f-WMS were achieved, respectively, with a measurement time of 4 s. The MDL was further improved from 299 pptv (@108 s for 2f-WMS) to 239 pptv (@208 s for 2f/1f-WMS), based on an Allan deviation analysis.The rise time (@0 → 100 ppbv) and fall time (@100 → 0 ppbv) were determined to be ~64 s and ~48 s,respectively, at a gas pressure of <100 Torr for the C2H6 sensor operation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1435936},
journal = {Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical},
issn = {0925-4005},
number = C,
volume = 232,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {3}
}
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