Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 4, 0430002(2022)
Simultaneous Measurement of Atmospheric Multi-Component (CO, N2O, and H2O) Based on Single Quantum Cascaded Laser
The low absorption intensity of gas in the near infrared band is not conducive to the measurement of trace gas. A high-sensitivity and high-precision laser spectroscopy system for the simultaneous detection of atmospheric multi-component greenhouse gas was established based on the fundamental frequency absorption properties of molecules in the mid-infrared band, which uses a single novel room-temperature continuous-wave quantum cascaded laser (CW-QCL) combined with wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) and a long-path optical-absorption cell. The output wavenumber of the system ranges from 2202.8 cm -1 to 2205.6 cm -1, covering the central absorption spectra of CO, N2O, and H2O. The results show that the measurement precisions of 1.83×10 -8, 1.86×10 -9, and 1.19×10 -4 for CO, N2O, and H2O, respectively, at 1 s time resolution. The minimum detection limits of the system can be further improved to 1.8×10 -9 for CO, 0.16×10 -9 for N2O, and 1.5×10 -5 for H2O by increasing optimal integration time to 100 s. The long-time measurement and analysis show that this system is simple in components, easy to use, and suitable for long time measurement of atmospheric multi-component gas. It can be widely used in the fields of atmospheric chemistry and greenhouse gas for highly sensitive detection research.
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Lewen Zhang, Pengshuai Sun, Xu Liu, Tao Pang, Bian Wu, Hua Xia, Zhirong Zhang. Simultaneous Measurement of Atmospheric Multi-Component (CO, N2O, and H2O) Based on Single Quantum Cascaded Laser[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(4): 0430002
Category: Spectroscopy
Received: Jul. 25, 2021
Accepted: Aug. 31, 2021
Published Online: Jan. 29, 2022
The Author Email: Zhang Zhirong (zhangzr@aiofm.ac.cn)