Title :
Petrochemical Gas Speciation Using a Rapid Widely-Tunable Mid-IR Laser Spectrometer
Author :
Bamford, Douglas J. ; Sharpe, Scott J. ; Pelt, Aaron Van ; Cook, David J.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Sci. Inc., San Ramon
Abstract :
Species mole fractions in a mixture of hydrocarbons were measured with an accuracy of better than 2% using a fast-sweeping, widely-tunable spectrometer based on difference-frequency generation in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; measurement by laser beam; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; spectrochemical analysis; LiNbO3; hydrocarbons; mole fractions; periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides; petrochemical gas speciation; rapid widely-tunable mid-IR laser spectrometer; Frequency conversion; Gas lasers; Hydrocarbons; Instruments; Laser tuning; Lithium niobate; Optical waveguides; Petrochemicals; Spectroscopy; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452381
