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

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

Journal Article · 27 July 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
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 (NSFC); Robert Welch Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000538; 61275213; 61108030; C-0586; IIP-1230427

OSTI ID:: 1435053

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

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

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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