Demonstration of a rapidly-swept external cavity quantum cascade laser for rapid and sensitive quantification of chemical mixtures

B. E. Brumfield; M. S. Taubman; M. C. Phillips

doi:10.1117/12.2214200

13 February 2016 Demonstration of a rapidly-swept external cavity quantum cascade laser for rapid and sensitive quantification of chemical mixtures

B. E. Brumfield, M. S. Taubman, M. C. Phillips

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Proceedings Volume 9755, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIII; 975509 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214200
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

A rapidly-swept external-cavity quantum cascade laser with an open-path Herriott cell is used to quantify gas-phase chemical mixtures of D₂O and HDO at an update rate of 40 Hz (25 ms measurement time). The chemical mixtures were generated by evaporating D₂O liquid near the open-path Herriott cell, allowing the H/D exchange reaction with ambient H₂O to produce HDO. Fluctuations in the ratio of D₂O and HDO on timescales of < 1 s due to the combined effects of plume transport and the H/D exchange chemical reaction are observed. Based on a noise equivalent concentration analysis of the current system, detection limits of 147.0 ppbv and 151.6 ppbv in a 25 ms measurement time are estimated for D₂O and HDO respectively with a 127 m optical path. These detection limits are reduced to 23.0 and 24.0 ppbv with a 1 s averaging time for D₂O and HDO respectively. Detection limits < 200 ppbv are also estimated for N₂O, F134A, CH₄, Acetone, and SO₂ for a 25 ms measurement time.

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B. E. Brumfield, M. S. Taubman, and M. C. Phillips "Demonstration of a rapidly-swept external cavity quantum cascade laser for rapid and sensitive quantification of chemical mixtures", Proc. SPIE 9755, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIII, 975509 (13 February 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214200

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