Gas detection with evanescent-wave quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Yingchun Cao; Wei Jin; Hoi Lut Ho

doi:10.1117/12.915786

Gas detection with evanescent-wave quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

Yingchun Cao
, Wei Jin
, Hoi Lut Ho

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

Evanescent-wave gas sensing with tapered optical fibers (TOFs) and quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) is reported. The evanescent field of TOFs with diameter down to sub-wavelength is utilized for photoacoustic excitation in photoacoustic spectroscopy. A quartz tuning fork (QTF) with resonant frequency about ~32.75 kHz is used to detect the generated pressure wave. A normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 1.5×10-6cm-1W/√Hz is achieved for acetylene detection with a fiber taper with a waist diameter of 1.1 μm. It is found that QEPAS with TOFs of sub-wavelength diameters exhibit comparable sensitivities with open path QEPAS but with additional advantages of lower insertion loss, easier alignment, and multiplexing capability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Third Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference
Volume	8351
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.915786
Publication status	Published - 20 Feb 2012
Event	3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 31 Jan 2012 → 3 Feb 2012

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Conference	3rd Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney, NSW
Period	31/01/12 → 3/02/12

Keywords

evanescent field
gas sensor
Optical fiber sensor
photoacoustic spectroscopy
tapered optical fiber

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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