Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 42, Issue 3, 324(2025)

Long optical⁃path A‐type gas chamber for methane sensor

FANG Cun, YU Shenglin, and TENG Xuesong
Author Affiliations
  • School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,Nanjing 210000, China
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    Figures & Tables(9)
    Structure of the gas chambers. (a) Cross-sectional view of the direct gas chamber;(b) Cross-sectional view of the reflective gas chamber
    Variation line of total luminous flux utilisation with parameter A
    (a) Light path in direct gas chamber; (b) Light path in reflective gas chamber
    Luminous flux of two gas chambers. (a) Detector luminous flux in direct gas chamber;(b) Detector luminous flux in reflective gas chamber
    (a)-(c) Optimization simulation of wall film thickness in gas chamber; (d) Detector position optimization simulation;(e) Detector luminous flux; (f) Reference detector luminous flux;(g) Ideal reflective film reference luminous flux; (h) IR gold luminous flux
    Detector deformation diagram analyzed by Ansys
    • Table 1. The detection status of the detector when parameter A is changed

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      Table 1. The detection status of the detector when parameter A is changed

      Period IPeriod ⅡPeriod Ⅲ
      A/mmDetection statusA/mmDetection statusA/mmDetection status
      12.0Non-detection11.0Non-detection6.9Five times
      11.0Non-detection10.5Non-detection6.8Six times
      10.0Non-detection9.5Non-detection6.7Six times
      9.0Non-detection8.5Five times6.6Six times
      8.0Five times7.5Five times6.5Six times
      7.0Five times6.5Six times6.4Six times
      6.0Non-detection5.5Non-detection6.3Six times
      5.0Non-detection5.0Non-detection6.2Non-detection
    • Table 2. Luminous flux utilisation efficiency of the inner wall with different materials

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      Table 2. Luminous flux utilisation efficiency of the inner wall with different materials

      Material name

      Detector luminous

      flux utilisation efficiency/%

      Reference detector

      luminous flux utilisation

      efficiency/%

      Total luminous

      flux utilisation efficiency/%

      Mirror38.70434.91973.623
      Gold mirror9.1338.32417.457
      Three-layer AR12.07811.08523.163
      IR gold49.62644.61794.243
    • Table 3. Comparison of air chambers

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      Table 3. Comparison of air chambers

      ChamberChamber length/mmAir chamber area/mm2Optical-path length/mmLuminous flux utilisation efficiency/%
      Chamber1 (Ref. 15)95.002945.0095.00100
      Chamber2 (Ref. 16)113.1710411.641049.7559.600
      A-type air chamber34.00643.3466.5094.065
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    Received: Apr. 28, 2023

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    Published Online: Jun. 11, 2025

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2025.03.004

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