Design and Optimization of QTF Chopper for Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

被引:2
作者
Dong, Lei [1 ]
Liu, Yanyan [1 ]
Zheng, Huadan [1 ]
Liu, Xiaoli [1 ]
Wu, Hongpeng [1 ]
Ma, Weiguang [1 ]
Zhang, Lei [1 ]
Yin, Wangbao [1 ]
Jia, Suotang [1 ]
机构
[1] Shanxi Univ, Inst Laser Spect, State Key Lab Quantum Opt & Quantum Opt Devices, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Gas sensor; QTF chopper; Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy; Trace gas detection;
D O I
10.1007/s10765-014-1682-5
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号
摘要
A novel quartz-tuning-fork (QTF) chopper was developed for quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS). Unlike the conventional wavelength-modulation-based QEPAS, the QTF chopper chops the continuous wave excitation light into a sequence of light pulses, which realizes the amplitude-modulation (AM)-based QEPAS. In order to reduce the chopping noise and to make the resonance frequency of the QTF chopper perfectly match that of the detection QTF, a careful design and optimization were implemented. The performance of the AM-based QEPAS sensor for detection was also evaluated in detail.
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页码:1289 / 1296
页数:8
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