Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 9, 911006(2018)

Interband Cascade Lasers Based Trace Gas Sensing: A Review

Du Zhenhui1、*, Han Ruiyan1, Wang Xiaoyu1, Wang Shuangke1, Mengshuo1, and Li Jinyi2
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    Spectral lines of gases in the air (data from HITRAN 2012)
    Comparison of NIR and MIR spectrum of (a) CO and (b) NH3(T=296 K, P=1 atm, L=1 cm, data from the HITRAN 2012)
    Schematic diagram of energy band structure of interband cascade laser[16]
    Optimization of the modulation amplitude for broadband absorption spectrum. (a) Absorbance of carbon disulphide (152×10-6 m); (b) WMS-2f signal with various modulation amplitude, the up-panel illustrates the definition of parameter SSD; (c) parameter SSD and WMS-2f/1f signal[31]
    (a) Linear fitting of 2f signal and the CS2 concentration with the measurement error; (b) Allan variance[31]
    Relationship between normalized 2f signal of fringes and modulation amplitude[33]
    1% Oxygen volume concentration measurements. (a) Volume concentration measurement at m=2.2; (b) volume concentration measurement at m=4.1; (c) Allan variance [33]
    Schematic of fringes removal process by modal analysis. (a) Measured WMS-2f signal; (b) IMF components; (c) comparison of the reconstructed WMS-2f signal after removing the fringes with the simulated signal[31]
    Measurement results for methyl CH3SH, CH4, and water in a mixed gas of CH3SH(3×10-6) nitrogen (20%) and air (50%) in one minute[34]
    • Table 1. Absorption peaks of typical compound molecules[15]

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      Table 1. Absorption peaks of typical compound molecules[15]

      Chemical bondWavenumber range /cm-1Chemical formulaNOWavenumber /cm-1
      CH3COOHν13583
      —O—H stretch3200-3690CH3OHν13681
      HO2ν13436.2
      —CH3 stretch2870-3100ν13005
      CH3CHOν22917
      ν112967
      ν12954
      CH3CH3ν52896
      ν72969
      ν102985
      ν32853
      —CH2 stretch2850-3100C4H10ν132930
      ν212912
      ν292853
      CH2(CH)2CH2ν13003
      —CH stretch3000-3100ν183055
      CHCl3ν13034
      ν13062
      C—H stretch Benzene ring)3000-3100C6H6ν53068
      ν123063
      ν153047
      ν23034
      =C—H stretch3000-3100CH2CHCH2ν33023
      ν143020
      ≡C—H stretch~3300C2H2ν13374
      ν33289
      H2Sν12615
      —S—H stretch2550-2630ν32626
      CH3SHν32605
      —P—H stretch~2320PH3ν12321
      ν32327
      —NH2stretch3300-3500CH3NH2ν13361
      ν103427
      C=C1600-1680CH2CHCHOν61625
      C2H4ν21623
      C=O1600-1850(CH3)2COν31731
      HCO2Hν31770
      —C≡C—2100-2300C4H2ν22184
      —C≡N2100-2350NCCNν12330
      ν32158
    • Table 2. Summary of ICL based trace gas sensors or instruments

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      Table 2. Summary of ICL based trace gas sensors or instruments

      GasWavelength /nmLOD1TechnologyGroup
      CH432911.4×10-9DAS;WMSJilin University[42-43,53]Rice University [54-55]Physical SciencesIncorporated[41]Oxford University [56]Shantou University [47]Shanxi University [46]Tianjin University [52]
      300015×10-9DAS
      32403×10-9OF-CEAS2
      333411.2×10-9WMS
      333711.2×10-9WMS
      339248×10-9WMS
      C2H6326653×10-9WMSRiceUniversity [40,55,57-58]JilinUniversity [42,44]ShanxiUniversity [46]Tianjin PolytechnicUniversity [49]
      3330150×10-12WMS
      3336239×10-12WMS
      3340269×10-9WMS
      3337239 ×10-12PAS;WMS;DAS
      CH3SH339325×10-9DASTianjinUniversity [34,50-51]
      33927.1×10-9WMS
      H2CO3530150×10-9ICOS3George WashingtonUniversity [59]RiceUniversity [40,60]IbarakiUniversity [61]The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong[45]
      35990.26×10-9DAS
      35603.5×10-9WMS
      335673×10-9WMS
      36006×10-9WMS
      CO46920.6×10-9 (399 cm)WMS
      46000.5 nmol/mol (76 m)DAS
      NO518430×10-9(82 mm)DASDarmstadt University [64]
      CH3SCH33372.8×10-9WMSTianjin Polytechnic University [12]
      C10H2233800.3×10-9PASDanish Fundamental Metrology[65]
      NH329999.7×10-9WMSTianjinUniversity [66]
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    Du Zhenhui, Han Ruiyan, Wang Xiaoyu, Wang Shuangke, Mengshuo, Li Jinyi. Interband Cascade Lasers Based Trace Gas Sensing: A Review[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(9): 911006

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    Received: Apr. 8, 2018

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    Published Online: Sep. 8, 2018

    The Author Email: Zhenhui Du (duzhenhui@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201845.0911006

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