Quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy with a 3.38 μm antimonide distributed feedback laser

  • Mohammad Jahjah
  • , Sofiane Belahsene
  • , Lars Nähle
  • , Marc Fischer
  • , Johannes Koeth
  • , Yves Rouillard
  • , Aurore Vicet

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Abstract

A system for gas sensing based on the quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy technique has been developed. It makes use of a quantum well distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode emitting at 3.38 μm. This laser emits near room temperature in the continuous wave regime. A spectrophone, consisting of a quartz tuning fork and two steel microresonators were used. Second derivative wavelength modulation detection is used to perform low concentration measurements. The sensitivity and the linearity of the Quartz enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) sensor were studied. A normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 4.06 × 10-9 cm-1 ·W/Hz1/2 was achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2502-2504
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume37
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012
Externally publishedYes

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