Influence of Tuning Fork Resonance Properties on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Performance

Huadan Zheng; Haoyang Lin; Lei Dong; Yihua Liu; Pietro Patimisco; John Zweck; Ali Mozumder; Angelo Sampaolo; Vincenzo Spagnolo; Bincheng Huang; Jieyuan Tang; Linpeng Dong; Wenguo Zhu; Jianhui Yu; Zhe Chen; Frank K. Tittel

doi:10.3390/s19183825

Sensors (Sep 2019)

Influence of Tuning Fork Resonance Properties on Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Performance

Huadan Zheng,
Haoyang Lin,
Lei Dong,
Yihua Liu,
Pietro Patimisco,
John Zweck,
Ali Mozumder,
Angelo Sampaolo,
Vincenzo Spagnolo,
Bincheng Huang,
Jieyuan Tang,
Linpeng Dong,
Wenguo Zhu,
Jianhui Yu,
Zhe Chen,
Frank K. Tittel

Affiliations

Huadan Zheng: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Haoyang Lin: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Lei Dong: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy & Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Yihua Liu: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Pietro Patimisco: PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari and Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy
John Zweck: Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Ali Mozumder: Department of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
Angelo Sampaolo: PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari and Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy
Vincenzo Spagnolo: PolySense Lab-Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari and Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy
Bincheng Huang: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Jieyuan Tang: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Linpeng Dong: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Wenguo Zhu: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Jianhui Yu: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Zhe Chen: Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Frank K. Tittel: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s19183825
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 18
p. 3825

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A detailed investigation of the influence of quartz tuning forks (QTFs) resonance properties on the performance of quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) exploiting QTFs as acousto-electric transducers is reported. The performance of two commercial QTFs with the same resonance frequency (32.7 KHz) but different geometries and two custom QTFs with lower resonance frequencies (2.9 KHz and 7.2 KHz) were compared and discussed. The results demonstrated that the fundamental resonance frequency as well as the quality factor and the electrical resistance were strongly inter-dependent on the QTF prongs geometry. Even if the resonance frequency was reduced, the quality factor must be kept as high as possible and the electrical resistance as low as possible in order to guarantee high QEPAS performance.

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ISSN: 1424-8220 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
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