A compact QCL based methane and nitrous oxide sensor for environmental and medical applications

被引:83
作者
Jahjah, Mohammad [1 ]
Ren, Wei [1 ]
Stefanski, Przemyslaw [1 ]
Lewicki, Rafal [1 ]
Zhang, Jiawei [1 ,3 ]
Jiang, Wenzhe [1 ]
Tarka, Jan [1 ,2 ]
Tittel, Frank K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Rice Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[2] Wroclaw Univ Technol, Laser & Fiber Elect Grp, PL-50370 Wroclaw, Poland
[3] Northeast Forestry Univ, Sch Electromech Engn, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang Pr, Peoples R China
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; N2O;
D O I
10.1039/c3an01452e
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) sensor based on a sensitive, selective and well established technique of quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) was developed for environmental and biomedical measurements. A thermoelectrically cooled (TEC) distributed feedback quantum cascade laser (DFB-QCL), capable of continuous wave (CW) mode hop free emission in the 7.83 mu m wavelength range, was used as an excitation source. For the targeted CH4 and N2O absorption lines located at 1275.04 cm(-1) and 1275.49 cm(-1) detection limits (1 sigma) of 13 ppbv and 6 ppbv were achieved with a 1 second data acquisition time, respectively. Environmental data of CH4 and N2O mixing ratios acquired using the QEPAS sensor system are also reported.
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页码:2065 / 2069
页数:5
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