Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 0230001(2025)

Oxygen Detection Based on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Juncheng Lu, Huakun Wu, Yixin Zhang, Surui Liu, Jiasheng Zhao, Qiong Wu, and Wen Liu*
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  • College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang , China
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    Schematic diagram of O2 sensor experimental system based on QEPAS technology
    Spectral lines of water and oxygen at 13054.83‒13123.36 cm-1
    Normalized frequency response curve of quartz tuning fork
    Optimization of modulation amplitude. (a) QEPAS 2f signal at different modulation amplitudes; (b) relationship between QEPAS 2f signal and modulation amplitude
    O2 photoacoustic signal versus volume fraction of water vapor
    Linear response curves of volume fraction of QEPAS system. (a) QEPAS 2f signals for different volume fractions of oxygen; (b) relationship between QEPAS 2f amplitude and oxygen volume fraction
    Oxygen QEPAS 2f signal with volume fraction of 21%
    Long-term stability analysis of system. (a) Oxygen 2f signal amplitude monitored continuously for 8 h; (b) Allan variance of detection system
    • Table 1. Different relaxation rates involving O2 and H2O

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      Table 1. Different relaxation rates involving O2 and H2O

      RelaxationProcess involvedRelaxation rate /(s-1·atm-1
      V-T relaxation

      O2v)+O2→O2+O2

      O2v)+N2→O2+N2

      O2v)+H2O→O2+H2O

      k11=6331
      k12=4031
      k13=1.1×106[31

      H2O(v)+O2→H2O+O2

      H2O(v)+N2→H2O+N2

      H2O(v)+H2O→H2O+H2O

      k21=1.0×106[29
      k22=1.0×106[29
      k23=2.7×107[29
      V-V relaxationO2v)+H2O→H2O+O2k3≈1.6×106[29
    • Table 2. Performance comparison of QEPAS O2 sensor

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      Table 2. Performance comparison of QEPAS O2 sensor

      ConfigurationNoise /VMinimum detection limitNNEA /(W·cm-1·Hz-1/2Reference
      On-beam2.93×10-613×10-66.17×10-8Ref. [28
      On-beam0.019.25×10-44.70×10-9This work
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    Juncheng Lu, Huakun Wu, Yixin Zhang, Surui Liu, Jiasheng Zhao, Qiong Wu, Wen Liu. Oxygen Detection Based on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(2): 0230001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Spectroscopy

    Received: Sep. 14, 2024

    Accepted: Oct. 23, 2024

    Published Online: Jan. 23, 2025

    The Author Email: Liu Wen (wenliu@zjnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS241554

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS241554

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