Mid-Infrared Trace Gas Sensor Technology Based on Intracavity Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

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Wojtas, Jacek
Gluszek, Aleksander
Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz
Tittel, Frank K.
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2017
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Wojtas, Jacek, Gluszek, Aleksander, Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz and et al.. "Mid-Infrared Trace Gas Sensor Technology Based on Intracavity Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy." Sensors, 17, no. 3 (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s17030513.
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The application of compact inexpensive trace gas sensor technology to a mid-infrared nitric oxide (NO) detectoion using intracavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (I-QEPAS) is reported. A minimum detection limit of 4.8 ppbv within a 30 ms integration time was demonstrated by using a room-temperature, continuous-wave, distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser (QCL) emitting at 5.263 µm (1900.08 cm−1) and a new compact design of a high-finesse bow-tie optical cavity with an integrated resonant quartz tuning fork (QTF). The optimum configuration of the bow-tie cavity was simulated using custom software. Measurements were performed with a wavelength modulation scheme (WM) using a 2f detection procedure.
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laser absorption spectroscopy; bow-tie cavity; I-QEPAS; intracavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; mid-infrared trace gas sensors
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