Mid-infrared frequency modulation spectroscopy of NO detection in a hollow-core antiresonant fiber
Mid-infrared frequency modulation spectroscopy of NO detection in a hollow-core antiresonant fiber
Mid-infrared frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) in a tellurite hollow-core antiresonant fiber (HC-ARF) is investigated for gas detection. The spectroscopic system is demonstrated for nitric oxide (NO) detection by exploiting its strong absorption line at 1900.08 cm−1 with a quantum cascade laser (QCL). By modulating the injection current of the QCL at 250 MHz and measuring NO in a 35 cm long HC-ARF, we achieve a noise equivalent concentration of 67 ppb at an averaging time of 0.1 s. Compared to direct absorption spectroscopy with a low-pass filter for etalon noise reduction, the FMS technique shows an improvement factor of 22. The detection limit of FMS can be further improved to 6 ppb at a longer averaging time of 100 s, corresponding to a noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 1.0 × 10−7 cm−1.
frequency modulation spectroscopy, gas sensing, hollow-core antiresonant fiber, mid-infrared
Hu, Mengyuan
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Ventura, Andrea
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Hayashi, Juliano Grigoleto
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Poletti, Francesco
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Ren, Wei
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3 December 2022
Hu, Mengyuan
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Ventura, Andrea
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Hayashi, Juliano Grigoleto
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Poletti, Francesco
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Ren, Wei
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Hu, Mengyuan, Ventura, Andrea, Hayashi, Juliano Grigoleto, Poletti, Francesco and Ren, Wei
(2022)
Mid-infrared frequency modulation spectroscopy of NO detection in a hollow-core antiresonant fiber.
Photonics, 9 (12), [935].
(doi:10.3390/photonics9120935).
Abstract
Mid-infrared frequency modulation spectroscopy (FMS) in a tellurite hollow-core antiresonant fiber (HC-ARF) is investigated for gas detection. The spectroscopic system is demonstrated for nitric oxide (NO) detection by exploiting its strong absorption line at 1900.08 cm−1 with a quantum cascade laser (QCL). By modulating the injection current of the QCL at 250 MHz and measuring NO in a 35 cm long HC-ARF, we achieve a noise equivalent concentration of 67 ppb at an averaging time of 0.1 s. Compared to direct absorption spectroscopy with a low-pass filter for etalon noise reduction, the FMS technique shows an improvement factor of 22. The detection limit of FMS can be further improved to 6 ppb at a longer averaging time of 100 s, corresponding to a noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 1.0 × 10−7 cm−1.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 December 2022
Published date: 3 December 2022
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This research was funded by General Research Fund (14208221, 14209220) of Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong SAR, China.
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frequency modulation spectroscopy, gas sensing, hollow-core antiresonant fiber, mid-infrared
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481813
ISSN: 2304-6732
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