• DocumentCode
    1668340
  • Title

    A compact CW quantum cascade laser based QEPAS sensor for sensitive detection of nitric oxide

  • Author

    Lewicki, R. ; Dong, Lixin ; Ma, Yanru ; Tittel, Frank K.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The development of a compact NO QEPAS-based sensor platform employing a CW DFB-QCL will be reported. A detection sensitivity of 4 ppbv was achieved with a 1-sec averaging time for the 1900.08 cm-1 NO line.
  • Keywords
    chemical sensors; nitrogen compounds; optical sensors; quantum cascade lasers; CW DFB-QCL; NO; QEPAS sensor; compact CW quantum cascade laser; nitric oxide sensitive detection; time 1 s; Absorption; Electron tubes; Measurement by laser beam; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326217