Quantitative analysis of a closed photoacoustic cell that uses a high compliance piezoelectric transducer
Quantitative analysis of a closed photoacoustic cell that uses a high compliance piezoelectric transducer
A treatment of the operation of low-frequency closed photoacoustic cells is presented, which considers the compliance of various cell elements. The optimum detector, according to our predictions, has a sensor whose compliance is large compared to that of the fluid enclosed by the cell.
A simple photoacoustic cell has been built, incorporating a thin-walled piezoelectric cylinder. It was used to test the theory, and demonstrate photoacoustic detection of an absorber in aqueous solution, excited by a low-power 678 nm laser diode modulated at 110 Hz. We have detected absorbances as low as approximately 3×10-3 cm-1 (signal-to-noise ratio=1), corresponding to the absorption of light with a modulated power of 50 µW rms.
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Hodgkinson, Jane
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Johnson, Mark
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Dakin, John P.
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2005
Hodgkinson, Jane
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Johnson, Mark
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Dakin, John P.
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Hodgkinson, Jane, Johnson, Mark and Dakin, John P.
(2005)
Quantitative analysis of a closed photoacoustic cell that uses a high compliance piezoelectric transducer.
Journal of Applied Physics, 98, .
(doi:10.1063/1.2108147).
Abstract
A treatment of the operation of low-frequency closed photoacoustic cells is presented, which considers the compliance of various cell elements. The optimum detector, according to our predictions, has a sensor whose compliance is large compared to that of the fluid enclosed by the cell.
A simple photoacoustic cell has been built, incorporating a thin-walled piezoelectric cylinder. It was used to test the theory, and demonstrate photoacoustic detection of an absorber in aqueous solution, excited by a low-power 678 nm laser diode modulated at 110 Hz. We have detected absorbances as low as approximately 3×10-3 cm-1 (signal-to-noise ratio=1), corresponding to the absorption of light with a modulated power of 50 µW rms.
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