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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 39, Issue 24, Pages 4425-4430Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004425
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- NIDA NIH HHS [DAA G 55-98-C-0050] Funding Source: Medline
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A variable duty cycle quasi-cw frequency scanning technique was applied to reduce thermal effects resulting from the high heat dissipation of type I quantum-cascade lasers. This technique was combined with a 100-m path-length multipass cell and a zero-air background-subtraction technique to enhance detection sensitivity to a parts-in-10(9) (ppb) concentration level for spectroscopic trace-gas detection of CH4, N2O, H2O, and C2H5OH in ambient air at 7.9 mu m. A new technique for analysis of dense high resolution absorption spectra was applied to detection of ethanol in ambient air, yielding a 125-ppb detection limit. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.5960, 280.3420, 300.6320, 010.1280.
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