Linearity and effective optical pathlength of liquid waveguide capillary cells

Mathias Belz; Peter Dress; Aleksandr Sukhitskiy; Suyi Liu

doi:10.1117/12.371300

23 November 1999 Linearity and effective optical pathlength of liquid waveguide capillary cells

Mathias Belz, Peter Dress, Aleksandr Sukhitskiy, Suyi Liu

Proceedings Volume 3856, Internal Standardization and Calibration Architectures for Chemical Sensors; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371300
Event: Photonics East '99, 1999, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The validity of using Beer's Law to describe liquid waveguide capillary cells (LWCC) as absorption cells with increased optical pathlength was investigated. Experimental and theoretical results for two types of LWCC are presented. 'Type I' LWCCs are constructed with solid TEFLON AF tubing. 'Type II' LWCCs consist of quartz tubing with an outer coating of TEFLON AF. UV/Vis absorbance spectra versus chromophore concentration were found to be linear for both LWCC types within the wavelength range and absorbance accuracy of the spectrophotometer used. The ratio between 'effective' and 'physical' pathlength, EPLR was determined experimentally for both LWCC types. Type I cells had an effective optical pathlength that was statistically indistinguishable from the physical pathlength on a 95 percent probability basis. Type II cells had an effective optical pathlength that was slightly shorter than the physical pathlength, dependent on the cell's inner diameter and wall thickness. A theoretical model explaining Type I LWCC result is presented. Our results indicate that Beer- Lambert's Law can be applied to both types of LWCCs for UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy.

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Mathias Belz, Peter Dress, Aleksandr Sukhitskiy, and Suyi Liu "Linearity and effective optical pathlength of liquid waveguide capillary cells", Proc. SPIE 3856, Internal Standardization and Calibration Architectures for Chemical Sensors, (23 November 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.371300

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