Interband cascade laser based absorption sensor for ppb-level formaldehyde detection

Wei Ren; Longqiang Luo; Yingchun Cao; Wenzhe Jiang; Frank K. Tittel

doi:10.1117/12.2083715

8 February 2015 Interband cascade laser based absorption sensor for ppb-level formaldehyde detection

Wei Ren, Longqiang Luo, Yingchun Cao, Wenzhe Jiang, Frank K. Tittel

Proceedings Volume 9370, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XII; 93702B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2083715
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A trace gas absorption sensor for formaldehyde (H2CO) detection was developed using a continuous wave, room temperature, low-power consumption interband cascade laser (ICL) at 3.6 μm. The recent availability of ICLs with wavelength ranged between 3−4 μm enables the sensitive detection of trace gases such as formaldehyde that possesses a strong absorption band in this particular wavelength region. This absorption sensor detected a strong formaldehyde line at 2778.5 cm^-1 in its v1 fundamental band. Wavelength modulation spectroscopy with second harmonic detection (WMS-2f) combined with a compact and novel multipass gas cell (7.6 cm physical length, 32 ml sampling volume, and 3.7 m optical path length) was utilized to achieve a sensitivity of ~6 ppbv for H2CO measurements at 1 Hz sampling rate. The Allan- Werle deviation plot reveals that a minimum detection limit of ~1.5 ppbv can be achieved for an averaging time of 140 seconds.

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Wei Ren, Longqiang Luo, Yingchun Cao, Wenzhe Jiang, and Frank K. Tittel "Interband cascade laser based absorption sensor for ppb-level formaldehyde detection", Proc. SPIE 9370, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices XII, 93702B (8 February 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2083715

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