• DocumentCode
    521027
  • Title

    Low-power portable laser spectroscopic sensor for atmospheric CO2 monitoring

  • Author

    Smith, Clinton J. ; So, Stephen ; Wysocki, Gerard

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a wireless, portable CO2 sensor based on laser absorption spectroscopy. Allan variance for long run tests yielded Gaussian noise limited operation up to 100 seconds with ultimate minimum detection limit of 5.1×10-7.
  • Keywords
    gas sensors; spectrometers; Allan variance; atmospheric monitoring; laser absorption spectroscopy; low-power portable laser spectroscopic sensor; Absorption; Gas detectors; Monitoring; Spectroscopy; Stability; Surface emitting lasers; Temperature sensors; Testing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500634