Mid-infrared dual-gas sensor for simultaneous detection of methane and ethane using a single continuous-wave interband cascade laser

Ye, Weilin; Li, Chunguang; Zheng, Chuantao; Sanchez, Nancy P.; Gluszek, Aleksander K.; Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz J.; Dong, Lei; Griffin, Robert J.; Tittel, Frank K.

doi:10.1364/OE.24.016973

Title: Mid-infrared dual-gas sensor for simultaneous detection of methane and ethane using a single continuous-wave interband cascade laser

Journal Article · 18 July 2016 · Optics Express

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.016973 · OSTI ID:2425999

Ye, Weilin ^[1]; Li, Chunguang ^[2]; Zheng, Chuantao ^[2]; Sanchez, Nancy P. ^[3]; Gluszek, Aleksander K. ^[3]; Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz J. ^[3]; Dong, Lei ^[4]; Griffin, Robert J. ^[3]; Tittel, Frank K. ^[3]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Shantou Univ., Shantou (China)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Jilin Univ., Changchun (China)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Shanxi Univ., Taiyuan (China)

A continuous-wave (CW) interband cascade laser (ICL) based mid-infrared sensor system was demonstrated for simultaneous detection of atmospheric methane (CH₄) and ethane (C₂H₆). A 3.337 µm CW ICL with an emitting wavenumber range of 2996.0–3001.5 cm^–1 was used to simultaneously target two absorption lines, C₂H₆ at 2996.88 cm^–1 and CH₄ at 2999.06 cm^–1, respectively. The sensor performance was first evaluated for single-gas detection by only targeting the absorption line of one gas species. Allan deviations of 11.2 parts per billion in volume (ppbv) for CH₄ and 1.86 ppbv for C₂H₆ with an averaging time of 3.4 s were achieved for the detection of these two gases. Dual-gas detection was realized by using a long-term scan signal to target both CH₄ and C₂H₆ lines. The Allan deviations increased slightly to 17.4 ppbv for CH₄ and 2.4 ppbv for C₂H₆ with an averaging time of 4.6 s due to laser temperature and power drift caused by long-term wavelength scanning. Measurements for both indoor and outdoor concentration changes of CH₄ and C₂H₆ were conducted. As a result, the reported single ICL based dual-gas sensor system has the advantages of reduced size and cost compared to two separate sensor systems.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000538; 0000545; 0000547; 14KG022

OSTI ID:: 2425999

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1435134; OSTI ID: 1435135

Report Number(s):: DOE-MAXION-00538-11; OPEXFF

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 24, Issue 15; ISSN 1094-4087

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

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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