Multi-quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy
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A multi-quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (M-QEPAS) sensor system for trace gas detection is reported. Instead of a single quartz tuning fork (QTF) as used in QEPAS technique, a dual QTF sensor platform was adopted in M-QEPAS to increase the signal strength by the addition of the detected QEPAS signals. Water vapor was selected as the target analyte. M-QEPAS realized a 1.7 times signal enhancement as compared to the QEPAS method for the same operating conditions. A minimum detection limit of 23.9 ppmv was achieved for the M-QEPAS sensor, with a calculated normalized noise equivalent absorption coefficient of 5.95 × 10−8 cm−1W/√Hz. The M-QEPAS sensor performance can be further improved when more QTFs are employed or an acoustic micro-resonator architecture is used.
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Ma, Yufei, Yu, Xin, Yu, Guang, et al.. "Multi-quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy." Applied Physics Letters, 107, no. 2 (2015) AIP Publishing LLC: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4927057.