Light-induced thermoelastic sensor for ppb-level H2S detection in a SF6 gas matrices exploiting a mini-multi-pass cell and quartz tuning fork photodetector

Autor: Bo Sun, Pietro Patimisco, Angelo Sampaolo, Andrea Zifarelli, Vincenzo Spagnolo, Hongpeng Wu, Lei Dong
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Photoacoustics, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 100553- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-5979
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100553
Popis: We present an optical sensor based on light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy for the detection of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). The sensor incorporates a compact multi-pass cell measuring 6 cm × 4 cm × 4 cm and utilizes a quartz tuning fork (QTF) photodetector. A 1.58 µm near-infrared distributed feedback (DFB) laser with an optical power of 30 mW serves as the excitation source. The sensor achieved a minimum detection limit (MDL) of ∼300 ppb at an integration time of 300 ms, corresponding to a normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient (NNEA) of 3.96 × 10−9 W·cm−1·Hz−1/2. By extending the integration time to 100 s, the MDL can be reduced to ∼25 ppb. The sensor exhibits a response time of ∼1 min for a gas flow rate of 70 sccm.
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