Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser

Li, Chunguang; Dong, Lei; Zheng, Chuantao; Tittel, Frank K.

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141

Title: Compact TDLAS based optical sensor for ppb-level ethane detection by use of a 3.34 μm room-temperature CW interband cascade laser

Journal Article · 26 March 2016 · Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.03.141 · OSTI ID:1435936

Li, Chunguang ^[1]; Dong, Lei ^[2]; Zheng, Chuantao ^[3]; Tittel, Frank K. ^[4]

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; Maxion Technologies
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; 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

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.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: 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 (NSFC); Changchun Municipal Science and Technology Bureau

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000538; AR0000547; AR0000545

OSTI ID:: 1435936

Report Number(s):: DOE-MAXION--00538-16; PII: S092540051630435X

Journal Information:: Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical, Journal Name: Sensors and Actuators. B, Chemical Journal Issue: C Vol. 232; ISSN 0925-4005

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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