Interband cascade laser based absorption sensor for ppb-level formaldehyde detection
2015
A trace gas absorption sensor for formaldehyde (H2CO) detection was developed using a continuous wave, room
temperature, low-power consumption interband cascade laser (ICL) at 3.6 μm. The recent availability of ICLs with
wavelength ranged between 3−4 μm enables the sensitive detection of trace gases such as formaldehyde that possesses a
strong absorption band in this particular wavelength region. This absorption sensor detected a strong formaldehyde line at
2778.5 cm -1 in its v1 fundamental band. Wavelength modulation spectroscopy with second harmonic detection (WMS-2f)
combined with a compact and novel multipass gas cell (7.6 cm physical length, 32 ml sampling volume, and 3.7 m optical
path length) was utilized to achieve a sensitivity of ~6 ppbv for H2CO measurements at 1 Hz sampling rate. The Allan-
Werle deviation plot reveals that a minimum detection limit of ~1.5 ppbv can be achieved for an averaging time of 140
seconds.
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