Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser

doi:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863955

Title: Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser

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A quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensor system was developed for the sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide (H{sub 2}O{sub 2}) using its absorption transitions in the v{sub 6} fundamental band at ∼7.73 μm. The recent availability of distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers provides convenient access to a strong H{sub 2}O{sub 2} absorption line located at 1295.55 cm{sup −1}. Sensor calibration was performed by means of a water bubbler that generated titrated average H{sub 2}O{sub 2} vapor concentrations. A minimum detection limit of 12 parts per billion (ppb) corresponding to a normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 4.6 × 10{sup −9} cm{sup −1}W/Hz{sup 1/2} was achieved with an averaging time of 100 s.

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Ren, Wei; Jiang, Wenzhe; Tittel, Frank K. ^[1]; Sanchez, Nancy P.; Griffin, Robert J. ^[2]; Patimisco, Pietro ^[1]; Spagnolo, Vincenzo ^[3]; Zah, Chung-en; Xie, Feng; Hughes, Lawrence C. ^[4]

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 (United States)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 (United States)
Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari 70126 (Italy)
Corning Incorporated, Corning, New York 14831 (United States)

Publication Date:: 2014-01-27

OSTI Identifier:: 22280516

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DETECTION; FEEDBACK; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NOISE; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; QUARTZ; SENSITIVITY; SENSORS; SOLID STATE LASERS; VAPORS; WATER

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                    Ren, Wei, Jiang, Wenzhe, Tittel, Frank K., Sanchez, Nancy P., Griffin, Robert J., Patimisco, Pietro, Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari 70126, Spagnolo, Vincenzo, Zah, Chung-en, Xie, Feng, and Hughes, Lawrence C. Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Ren, Wei, Jiang, Wenzhe, Tittel, Frank K., Sanchez, Nancy P., Griffin, Robert J., Patimisco, Pietro, Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari 70126, Spagnolo, Vincenzo, Zah, Chung-en, Xie, Feng, & Hughes, Lawrence C. Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863955

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                    Ren, Wei, Jiang, Wenzhe, Tittel, Frank K., Sanchez, Nancy P., Griffin, Robert J., Patimisco, Pietro, Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari 70126, Spagnolo, Vincenzo, Zah, Chung-en, Xie, Feng, and Hughes, Lawrence C. Mon .  
        "Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4863955.

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@article{osti_22280516,

  title        = {Hydrogen peroxide detection with quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser},

  author       = {Ren, Wei and Jiang, Wenzhe and Tittel, Frank K. and Sanchez, Nancy P. and Griffin, Robert J. and Patimisco, Pietro and Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università e Politecnico di Bari, Via Amendola 173, Bari 70126 and Spagnolo, Vincenzo and Zah, Chung-en and Xie, Feng and Hughes, Lawrence C.},

  abstractNote = {A quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensor system was developed for the sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide (H{sub 2}O{sub 2}) using its absorption transitions in the v{sub 6} fundamental band at ∼7.73 μm. The recent availability of distributed-feedback quantum cascade lasers provides convenient access to a strong H{sub 2}O{sub 2} absorption line located at 1295.55 cm{sup −1}. Sensor calibration was performed by means of a water bubbler that generated titrated average H{sub 2}O{sub 2} vapor concentrations. A minimum detection limit of 12 parts per billion (ppb) corresponding to a normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 4.6 × 10{sup −9} cm{sup −1}W/Hz{sup 1/2} was achieved with an averaging time of 100 s.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4863955},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22280516},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 104,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2014},

  month        = {1}

}

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