Browsing by Author "Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz"

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    Low power consumption quartz-enhanced photoacoustic gas sensor employing a quantum cascade laser in pulsed operation
    (SPIE, 2017) Sampaolo, Angelo; Patimisco, Pietro; Gluszek, Aleksander; Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz; Giglio, Marilena; Zheng, Huadan; Tittel, Frank K.; Spagnolo, Vincenzo
    We report here an analysis of the performance of a quartz-enhanced photoacoustic (QEPAS) system operating in a pulsed mode by employing a quantum cascade laser (QCL). The QEPAS system is based on a quartz tuning fork (QTF) having fundamental resonance frequency of 4.2 kHz and a first overtone resonance of 25.4 KHz. Water vapor was used as a target gas by selecting its absorption line falling at 1296.5 cm-1 with a line strength of 1.69⋅10-22 cm/molecule. The QEPAS signal was investigated, while varying the QCL duty-cycle from continuous wave operation, down to 5%, which corresponds to a laser power consumption of 0.17 mW and a pulse-width of 4 μs.
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    Mid-Infrared Trace Gas Sensor Technology Based on Intracavity Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
    (MDPI, 2017) Wojtas, Jacek; Gluszek, Aleksander; Hudzikowski, Arkadiusz; Tittel, Frank K.
    The application of compact inexpensive trace gas sensor technology to a mid-infrared nitric oxide (NO) detectoion using intracavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (I-QEPAS) is reported. A minimum detection limit of 4.8 ppbv within a 30 ms integration time was demonstrated by using a room-temperature, continuous-wave, distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser (QCL) emitting at 5.263 µm (1900.08 cm−1) and a new compact design of a high-finesse bow-tie optical cavity with an integrated resonant quartz tuning fork (QTF). The optimum configuration of the bow-tie cavity was simulated using custom software. Measurements were performed with a wavelength modulation scheme (WM) using a 2f detection procedure.