期刊
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
卷 39, 期 17, 页码 5662-5668出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2021.3088140
关键词
Quantum cascade lasers; Absorption; Optical fiber sensors; Spectroscopy; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Absorption spectroscopy; gas sensor; hollow-core antiresonant fiber; mid-infrared; tellurite
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2019A1515011372]
- University Grants Committee [14209220]
- Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong SAR, China [ITS/242/19]
- project Lightpipe from the European Research Council [682724]
- Royal Society through Newton International Fellowship [NF170629]
- EPSRC Airguide Photonics Programme [EP/P030181/1]
This study demonstrates the use of a quantum cascade laser coupled with a custom-made tellurite hollow-core antiresonant fiber for mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy for gas detection. Through direct absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy, it achieves high detection accuracy and sensitivity, particularly for nitric oxide (NO) detection.
Mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy for gas detection is reported in this study using a quantum cascade laser (QCL) coupled with a custom-made tellurite hollow-core antiresonant fiber (HC-ARF). The HC-ARF is fabricated from tellurite glass by extrusion and subsequent fiber drawing. The QCL emitting at 5.26 mu m is coupled into the 21-cm long HC-ARF. As a proof-of-concept, this spectroscopic system is demonstrated for nitric oxide (NO) detection by exploiting its strong absorption line at 1900.08 cm(-1). By quickly filling gas mixtures into the HC-ARF, we first conduct direct absorption spectroscopy of NO and achieve a noise equivalent absorption (NEA) of 2.1 x 10(-5) cm(-1). Besides, we also conduct wavelength modulation spectroscopy to improve sensing performance. A minimum detection limit of 6 ppb NO is achieved at the integration time of 30 s, corresponding to 1.0 x 10(-7) cm(-1) in NEA. The HC-ARF is tested to show a response time of only 0.3 s when applying a pressure difference of 11 kPa between the two fiber ends. Such a tellurite HC-ARF-coupled QCL spectroscopic system makes it attractive for developing optical gas sensors with compact size, fast response, and high sensitivity.
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