We derive the expressions of the first and second harmonic signals on the basis of absorption spectral and lock-in theories, and determine the gas concentration according to the ratio of second and first harmonic sign...We derive the expressions of the first and second harmonic signals on the basis of absorption spectral and lock-in theories, and determine the gas concentration according to the ratio of second and first harmonic signals. It is found that the X and Y components of the harmonic signals are influenced by the phase shift between the detection and reference signal, and the phase shift can be any value in a range from 0 to 2π, which is different from the results obtained previously. Meanwhile, an additional item caused by the residual amplitude modulation will make a great contribution to the second harmonic signal, and may not be neglected under low absorbance conditions. Theoretical analysis indicates that subtracting back-ground signal from the second harmonic signal can remove the influence of this item, and can improve the measurement accuracy of gas concentration. On this basis, we select the transition of CO2 at 6527.64 cm-1 to analyse the approximation errors during the derivation by numerical simulation and then measure the CO2 concentration under low absorbance conditions, with absorbance varying from 1‰ to 6‰.展开更多
A compact prototype based on mid-infrared wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）is developed for the simul-taneous monitoring of NO,NO2,and NH3 in the urban area.Three quantum cascade lasers（QCLs）with central fre...A compact prototype based on mid-infrared wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）is developed for the simul-taneous monitoring of NO,NO2,and NH3 in the urban area.Three quantum cascade lasers（QCLs）with central frequencies around 1900.0 cm^-1,1600.0 cm^-1,and 1103.4 cm^-1are used for NO,NO2,and NH3detections,respectively,by timedivision multiplex.An open-path multi-pass cell of 60-m optical path length is applied to the instrument for high sensitivity and reducing the response time to less than 1 s.The prototype achieves a sub-ppb detection limit for all the three target gases with an average time of about 100 s.The instrument is installed in the Jiangsu environmental monitoring center to conduct performance tests on ambient air.Continuous 24-hour measurements show good agreement with the results of a reference instrument based on the chemiluminescence technique.展开更多
Sensitive detection of hydrogen sulfide（H2S） has been performed by means of wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） near 1.578 μm. With the scan amplitude and the stability of the background baseline taken into a...Sensitive detection of hydrogen sulfide（H2S） has been performed by means of wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） near 1.578 μm. With the scan amplitude and the stability of the background baseline taken into account, the response time is 4 s for a 0.8 L multi-pass cell with a 56.7 m effective optical path length. Moreover, the linearity has been tested in the 0–50 ppmv range. The detection limit achievable by the Allan variance is 224 ppb within 24 s under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions. This tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy（TDLAS） system for H2 S detection has the feasibility of real-time online monitoring in many applications.展开更多
A novel wavelength modulation spectroscopy sensor for studying gas properties near 1.4 μm is developed, validated and used in a direct-connect supersonic combustion test facility. In this sensor there are two H2O tra...A novel wavelength modulation spectroscopy sensor for studying gas properties near 1.4 μm is developed, validated and used in a direct-connect supersonic combustion test facility. In this sensor there are two H2O transitions near 7185.60 cm^-1 and 7454.45 cm^-1 that are used to enable the measurements along the line-of-sight. According to an iterative algorithm, the gas pressure, temperature and species mole fraction can be measured simultaneously. The new sensor is used in the isolator and extender of the supersonic combustion test facility. In the isolator, the sensor resolves the transient and measured pressure, temperature and H2O mole fraction with accuracies of 2.5%, 8.2%, and 7.2%, respectively. Due to the non-uniform characteristic in the extender, the measured results cannot precisely characterize gas properties, but they can qualitatively describe the distinctions of different zones or the changes or fluctuations of the gas parameters.展开更多
For absorption linewidth inversion with wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）, an optimized WMS spectral line fitting method was demonstrated to infer absorption linewidth effectively, and the analytical expressio...For absorption linewidth inversion with wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）, an optimized WMS spectral line fitting method was demonstrated to infer absorption linewidth effectively, and the analytical expressions for relationships between Lorentzian linewidth and the separations of first harmonic peak-to-valley and second harmonic zero-crossing were deduced. The transition of CO_2 centered at 4991.25 cm^（-1） was used to verify the optimized spectral fitting method and the analytical expressions. Results showed that the optimized spectra fitting method was able to infer absorption accurately and compute more than 10 times faster than the commonly used numerical fitting procedure. The second harmonic zero-crossing separation method calculated an even 6 orders faster than the spectra fitting without losing any accuracy for Lorentzian dominated cases. Additionally, linewidth calculated through second harmonic zero-crossing was preferred for much smaller error than the first harmonic peak-to-valley separation method. The presented analytical expressions can also be used in on-line optical sensing applications, electron paramagnetic resonance, and further theoretical characterization of absorption lineshape.展开更多
Wavelength modulation technique （WMT） and wavelength sweep technique （WST） are introduced into intra-cavity absorption gas sensors （ICAGS） for low concentration gas detection. The optimized parameters of the sys...Wavelength modulation technique （WMT） and wavelength sweep technique （WST） are introduced into intra-cavity absorption gas sensors （ICAGS） for low concentration gas detection. The optimized parameters of the system maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） are found. Calibration of acetylene concentration and gas recognition are both realized.展开更多
Sensitive detection of acetylene（C_2H_2） is performed by absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） based on Fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter（FFP-TF） at 1530.32 nm. After being calibrat...Sensitive detection of acetylene（C_2H_2） is performed by absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） based on Fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter（FFP-TF） at 1530.32 nm. After being calibrated by Fiber Bragg Grating（FBG）, FFP-TF is frequency-multiplexed and modulated at 20 Hz and 2.5 kHz respectively to achieve wavelength modulation. The linearity with 0.9907 fitting coefficient is obtained by measuring different concentrations in a 100 ppmv–400 ppmv range. Furthermore, the stability of the system is analyzed by detecting 50 ppmv and 100 ppmv standard gases for 2 h under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions respectively. The precision of 11 ppmv is achieved by calculating the standard deviation. Therefore, the measuring system of C_2H_2 detection can be applied in practical applications.展开更多
Studies on the kinetics of gas-phase chemical reactions currently rely on calculations or simulations and lack simple,fast,and accurate direct measurement methods.We developed a tunable laser molecular absorption spec...Studies on the kinetics of gas-phase chemical reactions currently rely on calculations or simulations and lack simple,fast,and accurate direct measurement methods.We developed a tunable laser molecular absorption spectroscopy measurement system to achieve direct measurements of such reactions by using wavelength modulated spectroscopy and performed online measurements and diagnostics of molecular concentration,reaction temperature,and pressure change during the redox reaction of ozone with nitrogen oxides(NOx)with 0.1 s temporal resolution.This study provides a promising diagnostic tool for studying gas-phase chemical reaction kinetics.展开更多
Natural logarithm wavelength modulation spectroscopy(ln-WMS) is demonstrated in this Letter. Unlike the conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)-2 f technique, it is a linear method even for large absorban...Natural logarithm wavelength modulation spectroscopy(ln-WMS) is demonstrated in this Letter. Unlike the conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)-2 f technique, it is a linear method even for large absorbance, which is the core advantage of ln-WMS. The treating method used in ln-WMS is to take the natural logarithm of the transmitted intensity. In order to determine the proper demodulation phase, the η-seeking algorithm is introduced, which minimizes the absolute value of the first harmonic within the non-absorbing region. Subsequently, the second harmonic of the absorption signal is extracted by setting the demodulating phase as 2η. To illustrate the validity of ln-WMS, it was applied to water vapor experimentally. The result shows that even if the absorbance(base-e) is between 1.60 and 6.26, the linearity between ln-WMS-2 f and volume fraction is still established. For comparison, measurement with conventional WMS-2 f was also done, whose response no longer kept linearity. The η values retrieved in continuous measurements and the residuals were shown so as to evaluate the performance of the η-seeking algorithm. Time consumed by this algorithm was roughly 0.28 s per measurement. As an alternative WMS strategy, ln-WMS has a wide range of potential applications, especially where the absorbance is large or varies over a wide area.展开更多
A sensing system in the near infrared region has been developed for ammonia sensing based on the wavelength modulation spectroscopy （WMS） principle. The WMS is a rather sensitive technique for detecting atomic/molec...A sensing system in the near infrared region has been developed for ammonia sensing based on the wavelength modulation spectroscopy （WMS） principle. The WMS is a rather sensitive technique for detecting atomic/molecular species, presenting the advantage that it can be used in the near-infrared region by using the optical telecommunications technology. In this technique, the laser wavelength and intensity were modulated by applying a sine wave signal through the injection current, which allowed the shift of the detection bandwidth to higher frequencies where laser intensity noise was typically lower. Two multi-pass cells based on free space light propagation with 160 cm and 16 cm of optical path length were used, allowing the redundancy operation and technology validation. This system used a diode laser with an emission wavelength at 1512.21nm, where NH3 has a strong absorption line. The control of the NH3 gas sensing system, as well as acquisition, processing and data presentation was performed.展开更多
Multi-component and multi-point trace gas sensing in the wavelength modulation spectroscopy is demonstrated based on the frequency-division multiplexing and time-division multiplexing technology.A reference photodetec...Multi-component and multi-point trace gas sensing in the wavelength modulation spectroscopy is demonstrated based on the frequency-division multiplexing and time-division multiplexing technology.A reference photodetector is connected in series with a reference gas cell with the constant concentration to measure the second-harmonics peak of the components for wavelength stabilization in real time.The central wavelengths of the distributed feedback lasers are locked to the target gas absorption centers by the reference second-harmonics signal using a digital proportional-integral-derivative controller.The distributed feedback lasers with different wavelengths and modulation frequencies are injected into the gas cell to achieve multi-components gas measurement by the frequency-division multiplexing technology.In addition,multi-point trace gas sensing is achieved by the time-division multiplexing technology using a photoswitch and a relay unit.We use this scheme to detect methane(CH4)at 1650.9 nm and water vapor(H2O)at 1368.597 nm as a proof of principle with the gas cell path length of 10 cm.The minimum detection limits achieved for H2O and CH4 are 1.13 ppm and 11.85 ppm respectively,with three-point gas cell measurement;thus 10.5-fold and 10.1-fold improvements are achieved in comparison with the traditional wavelength modulation spectroscopy.Meanwhile,their excellent R-square values reach 0.9983 and 0.99564 for the concentration ranges of 500 ppm to 2000 ppm and 800 ppm to 2700 ppm,respectively.展开更多
The wavelength modulation indices are measured based on harmonic amplitude ratio of 4famp/6famp (4famp and 6famp are the 4- and 6-th harmonic central peak amplitudes correspondingly) with the Doppler-free selective re...The wavelength modulation indices are measured based on harmonic amplitude ratio of 4famp/6famp (4famp and 6famp are the 4- and 6-th harmonic central peak amplitudes correspondingly) with the Doppler-free selective reflection modulation spectroscopy. The experiments for the 6S1/2(F = 4) → 6P3/2(F' = 5) transition of cesium D2 line with 30-MHz linewidth were carried out. The 4f- and 6f-harmonic signals were detected with two digital lock-in amplifiers separately. The maximum error for modulation indices measurement was ±0.1 within the range of m from 3 to 6. The non-linear modulation behaviour of an external cavity diode laser induced by voltage tuning was studied with this method. The method for modulation indices measurement does not require a solid etalon as usual for measuring the wavelength modulation depth and the absorption linewidth correspondingly.展开更多
To use a newly developed wavelength modulation surface plasmon resonance （SPR） biosensor, an experimental protocol was developed to investigate the interaction of ginsenosides with serum albumin. With a known concen...To use a newly developed wavelength modulation surface plasmon resonance （SPR） biosensor, an experimental protocol was developed to investigate the interaction of ginsenosides with serum albumin. With a known concentration of the ginsenosides, bound percentages of the ginsenosides with human serum albumin （HSA） or bovine serum albumin （BSA） were obtained. SPR technique could require no labeling and this method provided the detailed information on association and disassociation of molecules in real time. The results indicate that the sensitivity of wavelength modulation SPR biosensor is sufficient for detection and characterization of binding events involving low-molecular weight compounds and their immobilized protein targets.展开更多
Conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)is vulnerable to the influence of low-frequency noise.Accuracy of the method highly depends on the performance of the costly lock-in amplifier.In this article,we rep...Conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)is vulnerable to the influence of low-frequency noise.Accuracy of the method highly depends on the performance of the costly lock-in amplifier.In this article,we report a new and effective method for reconstructing second-harmonic signals through WMS based on fast Fourier transform(FFT).This method is less disturbed by low-frequency noise because it does not use a low-frequency ramp wave.Formulation and detection procedures were presented.The discrete second-harmonic waveform can be obtained by continuously changing the DC signal and FFT analysis in this method.Second-harmonic waveforms acquired by the two means are generally consistent.The experimental study validates the obtained gas concentration from 5% to 30%,showing a good linear relationship by the proposed method.The maximum relative error on concentration extraction is 2.87%;as for conventional WMS,this value is 4.50%.The developed measurement method may have potential in computed tomography.展开更多
This study established a novel method for the simultaneous detection of two-component gases.Radio frequency(RF)white noise disturbance laser current and wavelength modulation were simultaneously used to improve the of...This study established a novel method for the simultaneous detection of two-component gases.Radio frequency(RF)white noise disturbance laser current and wavelength modulation were simultaneously used to improve the off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy technique,and a high-precision dual modulation OA-ICOS(RF-WM-OA-ICOS)system was established.The two laser beams were coupled into one laser beam that was applied incident to the cavity of RF-WM-OA-ICOS system.The second harmonic signals of CH_(4)and CO_(2)gas simultaneously appeared in the rising or falling edge of a triangular wave.This method was used to measure CH_(4)and CO_(2)with different concentrations.The results indicated that the proposed system has high stability and can accurately and simultaneously measure the concentrations of CH_(4)and CO_(2),with an optimal integration time of 220 s.The minimum detection limit was 10 ppb for CH_(4)and 1.5 ppm for CO_(2).The corresponding noise equivalent absorption sensitivity values were calculated as 2.67×10^(-13)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2)and 5.18×10^(-11)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2),respectively.The proposed dual-component gas simultaneous detection method can also be used for high-precision simultaneous detection of other gases.Therefore,this study may serve as a reference for developing portable multicomponent gas analyzers.展开更多
Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy （TDLAS） has been widely employed in atmospheric trace gases detection. The ratio of the second-harmonic signal to the intensity of laser beam incident to the multi-pass ce...Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy （TDLAS） has been widely employed in atmospheric trace gases detection. The ratio of the second-harmonic signal to the intensity of laser beam incident to the multi-pass cell is proved to be proportional to the product of the path length and the gas concentration under any condition. A new calibration method based on this relation in TDLAS system for the measurement of trace gas concentration is proposed for the first time. The detection limit and the sensitivity of the system are below 110 and 31ppbv （parts-per-billion in volume）, respectively.展开更多
A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as...A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as the sharp transducer to convert light energy into an electrical signal based on the piezoelectric effect, thereby removing the need for a photodetector. The short optical path featured by the proposed sensing system leads to a decreased size. Furthermore, a pair of microresonators is applied in the absorbance detection module（ADM） for QTF signal enhancement. Compared with the system without microresonators, the detected QTF signal is increased to approximately 7-fold. Using this optimized QEPAS sensor with the proper modulation frequency and depth, we measure the water vapor concentration in the air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The experimental result shows that the sensor has a high sensitivity of 1.058parts-per-million.展开更多
N2O is a significant atmospheric greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming and climate change.In this work,the high sensitivity detection of atmospheric N2O is achieved using wavelength modulation spectroscopy...N2O is a significant atmospheric greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming and climate change.In this work,the high sensitivity detection of atmospheric N2O is achieved using wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)with an inter-band cascade laser operating around 3.939μm.A Lab VIEW-based software signal generator and software lock-in amplifiers are designed to simplify the system.In order to eliminate the interference from water vapor,the detection was performed at a pressure of 0.1 atm(1 atm=1.01325×10^5 Pa)and a drying tube was added to the system.To improve the system performance for long term detection,a novel frequency locking method and 2 f/1 f calibration-free method were employed to lock the laser frequency and calibrate the power fluctuations,respectively.The Allan deviation analysis of the results indicates a detection limit of^20 ppb(1 ppb=1.81205μg/m3)for a 1 s integration time,and the optimal detection limit is^5 ppb for a 40-s integration time.展开更多
A wavelength modulation based fiber optic sensor is used to measure salt concentration and temperature. The sensor consists of a biconical fiber filter. Theoretically, the wavelength shift response of the sensor is li...A wavelength modulation based fiber optic sensor is used to measure salt concentration and temperature. The sensor consists of a biconical fiber filter. Theoretically, the wavelength shift response of the sensor is linearly related to changes in the refractive index of the external medium surrounding the sensor in a specific region. The device sensitivity is enhanced by reducing the radius of the taper waist. The theoretical predictions are confirmed by experimental results. A wavelength modulation based all fiber sensor demonstrated salt concentration and temperature measurements with errors of 0 05% (mass fraction) and 0 2℃, respectively. The differential modulation of the pass or notch bands in a biconical fiber filter may be used for simultaneous sensing of salt concentration and temperature.展开更多
A quantum cascade laser（QCL） based system for simultaneous detection of CO and CO_2 is developed.The QCL can scan over two neighboring CO（2055.40 cm^（-1）） and CO_2（2055.16 cm^（-1）） lines with a single curren...A quantum cascade laser（QCL） based system for simultaneous detection of CO and CO_2 is developed.The QCL can scan over two neighboring CO（2055.40 cm^（-1）） and CO_2（2055.16 cm^（-1）） lines with a single current scan.The wavelength modulation spectroscopy（ f = 20 k Hz） is utilized to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio.A white cell with an effective optical path length of 74 m is used.The calibration of the sensor is performed and minimum detection limits of 1.3 ppb（1 × 10^（-9））for CO and 0.44 ppm（1 × 10^（-6）） for CO_2 are achieved.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51176085 and 51206086)
文摘We derive the expressions of the first and second harmonic signals on the basis of absorption spectral and lock-in theories, and determine the gas concentration according to the ratio of second and first harmonic signals. It is found that the X and Y components of the harmonic signals are influenced by the phase shift between the detection and reference signal, and the phase shift can be any value in a range from 0 to 2π, which is different from the results obtained previously. Meanwhile, an additional item caused by the residual amplitude modulation will make a great contribution to the second harmonic signal, and may not be neglected under low absorbance conditions. Theoretical analysis indicates that subtracting back-ground signal from the second harmonic signal can remove the influence of this item, and can improve the measurement accuracy of gas concentration. On this basis, we select the transition of CO2 at 6527.64 cm-1 to analyse the approximation errors during the derivation by numerical simulation and then measure the CO2 concentration under low absorbance conditions, with absorbance varying from 1‰ to 6‰.
基金Project supported by the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development,China(Grant No.2014YQ060537)the National Key Research and Development Program,China(Grant No.2016YFC0201103)
文摘A compact prototype based on mid-infrared wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）is developed for the simul-taneous monitoring of NO,NO2,and NH3 in the urban area.Three quantum cascade lasers（QCLs）with central frequencies around 1900.0 cm^-1,1600.0 cm^-1,and 1103.4 cm^-1are used for NO,NO2,and NH3detections,respectively,by timedivision multiplex.An open-path multi-pass cell of 60-m optical path length is applied to the instrument for high sensitivity and reducing the response time to less than 1 s.The prototype achieves a sub-ppb detection limit for all the three target gases with an average time of about 100 s.The instrument is installed in the Jiangsu environmental monitoring center to conduct performance tests on ambient air.Continuous 24-hour measurements show good agreement with the results of a reference instrument based on the chemiluminescence technique.
基金supported by the Special Fund for Basic Research on Scientific Instruments of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.YZ201315)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11204320,41405034,and 11204319)
文摘Sensitive detection of hydrogen sulfide（H2S） has been performed by means of wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） near 1.578 μm. With the scan amplitude and the stability of the background baseline taken into account, the response time is 4 s for a 0.8 L multi-pass cell with a 56.7 m effective optical path length. Moreover, the linearity has been tested in the 0–50 ppmv range. The detection limit achievable by the Allan variance is 224 ppb within 24 s under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions. This tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy（TDLAS） system for H2 S detection has the feasibility of real-time online monitoring in many applications.
基金supported by the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21403299)
文摘A novel wavelength modulation spectroscopy sensor for studying gas properties near 1.4 μm is developed, validated and used in a direct-connect supersonic combustion test facility. In this sensor there are two H2O transitions near 7185.60 cm^-1 and 7454.45 cm^-1 that are used to enable the measurements along the line-of-sight. According to an iterative algorithm, the gas pressure, temperature and species mole fraction can be measured simultaneously. The new sensor is used in the isolator and extender of the supersonic combustion test facility. In the isolator, the sensor resolves the transient and measured pressure, temperature and H2O mole fraction with accuracies of 2.5%, 8.2%, and 7.2%, respectively. Due to the non-uniform characteristic in the extender, the measured results cannot precisely characterize gas properties, but they can qualitatively describe the distinctions of different zones or the changes or fluctuations of the gas parameters.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61505142)the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.16JCQNJC02100)
文摘For absorption linewidth inversion with wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS）, an optimized WMS spectral line fitting method was demonstrated to infer absorption linewidth effectively, and the analytical expressions for relationships between Lorentzian linewidth and the separations of first harmonic peak-to-valley and second harmonic zero-crossing were deduced. The transition of CO_2 centered at 4991.25 cm^（-1） was used to verify the optimized spectral fitting method and the analytical expressions. Results showed that the optimized spectra fitting method was able to infer absorption accurately and compute more than 10 times faster than the commonly used numerical fitting procedure. The second harmonic zero-crossing separation method calculated an even 6 orders faster than the spectra fitting without losing any accuracy for Lorentzian dominated cases. Additionally, linewidth calculated through second harmonic zero-crossing was preferred for much smaller error than the first harmonic peak-to-valley separation method. The presented analytical expressions can also be used in on-line optical sensing applications, electron paramagnetic resonance, and further theoretical characterization of absorption lineshape.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60577013the New Century Support Program for Talented Young Teachers in Universities, MOE (Ministry of Education of China), China
文摘Wavelength modulation technique （WMT） and wavelength sweep technique （WST） are introduced into intra-cavity absorption gas sensors （ICAGS） for low concentration gas detection. The optimized parameters of the system maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） are found. Calibration of acetylene concentration and gas recognition are both realized.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61172047 and 61071025)
文摘Sensitive detection of acetylene（C_2H_2） is performed by absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy（WMS） based on Fiber Fabry–Perot tunable filter（FFP-TF） at 1530.32 nm. After being calibrated by Fiber Bragg Grating（FBG）, FFP-TF is frequency-multiplexed and modulated at 20 Hz and 2.5 kHz respectively to achieve wavelength modulation. The linearity with 0.9907 fitting coefficient is obtained by measuring different concentrations in a 100 ppmv–400 ppmv range. Furthermore, the stability of the system is analyzed by detecting 50 ppmv and 100 ppmv standard gases for 2 h under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions respectively. The precision of 11 ppmv is achieved by calculating the standard deviation. Therefore, the measuring system of C_2H_2 detection can be applied in practical applications.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52176064)Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(No.20JCYBJC00160).
文摘Studies on the kinetics of gas-phase chemical reactions currently rely on calculations or simulations and lack simple,fast,and accurate direct measurement methods.We developed a tunable laser molecular absorption spectroscopy measurement system to achieve direct measurements of such reactions by using wavelength modulated spectroscopy and performed online measurements and diagnostics of molecular concentration,reaction temperature,and pressure change during the redox reaction of ozone with nitrogen oxides(NOx)with 0.1 s temporal resolution.This study provides a promising diagnostic tool for studying gas-phase chemical reaction kinetics.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFF0109600)。
文摘Natural logarithm wavelength modulation spectroscopy(ln-WMS) is demonstrated in this Letter. Unlike the conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)-2 f technique, it is a linear method even for large absorbance, which is the core advantage of ln-WMS. The treating method used in ln-WMS is to take the natural logarithm of the transmitted intensity. In order to determine the proper demodulation phase, the η-seeking algorithm is introduced, which minimizes the absolute value of the first harmonic within the non-absorbing region. Subsequently, the second harmonic of the absorption signal is extracted by setting the demodulating phase as 2η. To illustrate the validity of ln-WMS, it was applied to water vapor experimentally. The result shows that even if the absorbance(base-e) is between 1.60 and 6.26, the linearity between ln-WMS-2 f and volume fraction is still established. For comparison, measurement with conventional WMS-2 f was also done, whose response no longer kept linearity. The η values retrieved in continuous measurements and the residuals were shown so as to evaluate the performance of the η-seeking algorithm. Time consumed by this algorithm was roughly 0.28 s per measurement. As an alternative WMS strategy, ln-WMS has a wide range of potential applications, especially where the absorbance is large or varies over a wide area.
文摘A sensing system in the near infrared region has been developed for ammonia sensing based on the wavelength modulation spectroscopy （WMS） principle. The WMS is a rather sensitive technique for detecting atomic/molecular species, presenting the advantage that it can be used in the near-infrared region by using the optical telecommunications technology. In this technique, the laser wavelength and intensity were modulated by applying a sine wave signal through the injection current, which allowed the shift of the detection bandwidth to higher frequencies where laser intensity noise was typically lower. Two multi-pass cells based on free space light propagation with 160 cm and 16 cm of optical path length were used, allowing the redundancy operation and technology validation. This system used a diode laser with an emission wavelength at 1512.21nm, where NH3 has a strong absorption line. The control of the NH3 gas sensing system, as well as acquisition, processing and data presentation was performed.
基金This work was supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Liao Cheng University(Grant No.318051543)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61475085).
文摘Multi-component and multi-point trace gas sensing in the wavelength modulation spectroscopy is demonstrated based on the frequency-division multiplexing and time-division multiplexing technology.A reference photodetector is connected in series with a reference gas cell with the constant concentration to measure the second-harmonics peak of the components for wavelength stabilization in real time.The central wavelengths of the distributed feedback lasers are locked to the target gas absorption centers by the reference second-harmonics signal using a digital proportional-integral-derivative controller.The distributed feedback lasers with different wavelengths and modulation frequencies are injected into the gas cell to achieve multi-components gas measurement by the frequency-division multiplexing technology.In addition,multi-point trace gas sensing is achieved by the time-division multiplexing technology using a photoswitch and a relay unit.We use this scheme to detect methane(CH4)at 1650.9 nm and water vapor(H2O)at 1368.597 nm as a proof of principle with the gas cell path length of 10 cm.The minimum detection limits achieved for H2O and CH4 are 1.13 ppm and 11.85 ppm respectively,with three-point gas cell measurement;thus 10.5-fold and 10.1-fold improvements are achieved in comparison with the traditional wavelength modulation spectroscopy.Meanwhile,their excellent R-square values reach 0.9983 and 0.99564 for the concentration ranges of 500 ppm to 2000 ppm and 800 ppm to 2700 ppm,respectively.
基金This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10174047, 60078009) Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province.
文摘The wavelength modulation indices are measured based on harmonic amplitude ratio of 4famp/6famp (4famp and 6famp are the 4- and 6-th harmonic central peak amplitudes correspondingly) with the Doppler-free selective reflection modulation spectroscopy. The experiments for the 6S1/2(F = 4) → 6P3/2(F' = 5) transition of cesium D2 line with 30-MHz linewidth were carried out. The 4f- and 6f-harmonic signals were detected with two digital lock-in amplifiers separately. The maximum error for modulation indices measurement was ±0.1 within the range of m from 3 to 6. The non-linear modulation behaviour of an external cavity diode laser induced by voltage tuning was studied with this method. The method for modulation indices measurement does not require a solid etalon as usual for measuring the wavelength modulation depth and the absorption linewidth correspondingly.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China（No. 30371757）, the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Chinese Universities （No. 2003183035） and the Science and Technology Developing Foundation of Jilin Province （No. 20040561）.
文摘To use a newly developed wavelength modulation surface plasmon resonance （SPR） biosensor, an experimental protocol was developed to investigate the interaction of ginsenosides with serum albumin. With a known concentration of the ginsenosides, bound percentages of the ginsenosides with human serum albumin （HSA） or bovine serum albumin （BSA） were obtained. SPR technique could require no labeling and this method provided the detailed information on association and disassociation of molecules in real time. The results indicate that the sensitivity of wavelength modulation SPR biosensor is sufficient for detection and characterization of binding events involving low-molecular weight compounds and their immobilized protein targets.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61411130312 and 61308053)Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Micro Display(No.2020B121202003)Foshan Science and Technology Bureau。
文摘Conventional wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)is vulnerable to the influence of low-frequency noise.Accuracy of the method highly depends on the performance of the costly lock-in amplifier.In this article,we report a new and effective method for reconstructing second-harmonic signals through WMS based on fast Fourier transform(FFT).This method is less disturbed by low-frequency noise because it does not use a low-frequency ramp wave.Formulation and detection procedures were presented.The discrete second-harmonic waveform can be obtained by continuously changing the DC signal and FFT analysis in this method.Second-harmonic waveforms acquired by the two means are generally consistent.The experimental study validates the obtained gas concentration from 5% to 30%,showing a good linear relationship by the proposed method.The maximum relative error on concentration extraction is 2.87%;as for conventional WMS,this value is 4.50%.The developed measurement method may have potential in computed tomography.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62005108 and 62205134)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFC2807701)the Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province,China(Grant Nos.20KJB140009 and 21KJB140008)。
文摘This study established a novel method for the simultaneous detection of two-component gases.Radio frequency(RF)white noise disturbance laser current and wavelength modulation were simultaneously used to improve the off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy technique,and a high-precision dual modulation OA-ICOS(RF-WM-OA-ICOS)system was established.The two laser beams were coupled into one laser beam that was applied incident to the cavity of RF-WM-OA-ICOS system.The second harmonic signals of CH_(4)and CO_(2)gas simultaneously appeared in the rising or falling edge of a triangular wave.This method was used to measure CH_(4)and CO_(2)with different concentrations.The results indicated that the proposed system has high stability and can accurately and simultaneously measure the concentrations of CH_(4)and CO_(2),with an optimal integration time of 220 s.The minimum detection limit was 10 ppb for CH_(4)and 1.5 ppm for CO_(2).The corresponding noise equivalent absorption sensitivity values were calculated as 2.67×10^(-13)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2)and 5.18×10^(-11)cm^(-1)·Hz^(-1/2),respectively.The proposed dual-component gas simultaneous detection method can also be used for high-precision simultaneous detection of other gases.Therefore,this study may serve as a reference for developing portable multicomponent gas analyzers.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No 10274080） and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China （Grant No 2003AA641010）.
文摘Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy （TDLAS） has been widely employed in atmospheric trace gases detection. The ratio of the second-harmonic signal to the intensity of laser beam incident to the multi-pass cell is proved to be proportional to the product of the path length and the gas concentration under any condition. A new calibration method based on this relation in TDLAS system for the measurement of trace gas concentration is proposed for the first time. The detection limit and the sensitivity of the system are below 110 and 31ppbv （parts-per-billion in volume）, respectively.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61107070,61127018,and 61377071)
文摘A compact and highly linear quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy（QEPAS） sensor for the measurement of water vapor concentration in the air is demonstrated. A cost-effective quartz tuning fork（QTF） is used as the sharp transducer to convert light energy into an electrical signal based on the piezoelectric effect, thereby removing the need for a photodetector. The short optical path featured by the proposed sensing system leads to a decreased size. Furthermore, a pair of microresonators is applied in the absorbance detection module（ADM） for QTF signal enhancement. Compared with the system without microresonators, the detected QTF signal is increased to approximately 7-fold. Using this optimized QEPAS sensor with the proper modulation frequency and depth, we measure the water vapor concentration in the air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The experimental result shows that the sensor has a high sensitivity of 1.058parts-per-million.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2018YFC021330404,2017YFC0209703,and2016TFC0303900)
文摘N2O is a significant atmospheric greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming and climate change.In this work,the high sensitivity detection of atmospheric N2O is achieved using wavelength modulation spectroscopy(WMS)with an inter-band cascade laser operating around 3.939μm.A Lab VIEW-based software signal generator and software lock-in amplifiers are designed to simplify the system.In order to eliminate the interference from water vapor,the detection was performed at a pressure of 0.1 atm(1 atm=1.01325×10^5 Pa)and a drying tube was added to the system.To improve the system performance for long term detection,a novel frequency locking method and 2 f/1 f calibration-free method were employed to lock the laser frequency and calibrate the power fluctuations,respectively.The Allan deviation analysis of the results indicates a detection limit of^20 ppb(1 ppb=1.81205μg/m3)for a 1 s integration time,and the optimal detection limit is^5 ppb for a 40-s integration time.
文摘A wavelength modulation based fiber optic sensor is used to measure salt concentration and temperature. The sensor consists of a biconical fiber filter. Theoretically, the wavelength shift response of the sensor is linearly related to changes in the refractive index of the external medium surrounding the sensor in a specific region. The device sensitivity is enhanced by reducing the radius of the taper waist. The theoretical predictions are confirmed by experimental results. A wavelength modulation based all fiber sensor demonstrated salt concentration and temperature measurements with errors of 0 05% (mass fraction) and 0 2℃, respectively. The differential modulation of the pass or notch bands in a biconical fiber filter may be used for simultaneous sensing of salt concentration and temperature.
基金Project supported by the National Key Scientific Instrument and Equipment Development Project of China(Grnat No.2014YQ060537)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB632803)+1 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA05040102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41405134)
文摘A quantum cascade laser（QCL） based system for simultaneous detection of CO and CO_2 is developed.The QCL can scan over two neighboring CO（2055.40 cm^（-1）） and CO_2（2055.16 cm^（-1）） lines with a single current scan.The wavelength modulation spectroscopy（ f = 20 k Hz） is utilized to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio.A white cell with an effective optical path length of 74 m is used.The calibration of the sensor is performed and minimum detection limits of 1.3 ppb（1 × 10^（-9））for CO and 0.44 ppm（1 × 10^（-6）） for CO_2 are achieved.
