Title :
Ultra-compact, high efficiency, quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy based trace gas sensor platform
Author :
So, Stephen G. ; Kosterev, Anatoliy A. ; Tittel, Frank K.
Author_Institution :
Rice Quantum Inst., Rice Univ., Houston, TX
Abstract :
An ultra-compact trace gas sensor platform based on photoacoustic spectroscopy using a quartz tuning fork (QTF) and components-off-the-shelf has been developed for sensor networks. Sensitivity limited by the intrinsic QTF thermal noise has been demonstrated
Keywords :
gas sensors; optical sensors; photoacoustic spectroscopy; spectrochemical analysis; thermal noise; components-off-the-shelf; intrinsic thermal noise; photoacoustic spectroscopy; quartz tuning fork; sensor networks; sensor sensitivity; ultra-compact optical trace gas sensor; Biomedical optical imaging; Diode lasers; Gas detectors; Laser tuning; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Optical tuning; Spectroscopy; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279063
