Key Technologies and Applications of Ultrasensitive and Rapid Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Sensing (Invited)

Lei Dong; Wenfei Han; Hongpeng Wu; Weiguang Ma; Lei Zhang; Wangbao Yin; Suotang Jia

doi:10.3788/AOS241259

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 0200002(2025)

Key Technologies and Applications of Ultrasensitive and Rapid Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Sensing (Invited)

Lei Dong^1,2、*, Wenfei Han^1,2, Hongpeng Wu^1,2, Weiguang Ma^1,2, Lei Zhang^1,2, Wangbao Yin^1,2, and Suotang Jia^1,2

¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi , China

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Lei Dong, Wenfei Han, Hongpeng Wu, Weiguang Ma, Lei Zhang, Wangbao Yin, Suotang Jia. Key Technologies and Applications of Ultrasensitive and Rapid Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Sensing (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(2): 0200002

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Category: Reviews

Received: Jul. 5, 2024

Accepted: Aug. 15, 2024

Published Online: Jan. 22, 2025

The Author Email: Lei Dong (donglei@sxu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS241259

CSTR:32393.14.AOS241259

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