Intensity-Stabilized Fast-Scanned Direct Absorption Spectroscopy Instrumentation Based on a Distributed Feedback Laser with Detection Sensitivity down to 4 × 10−6

Gang Zhao; Wei Tan; Mengyuan Jia; Jiajuan Hou; Weiguang Ma; Lei Dong; Lei Zhang; Xiaoxia Feng; Xuechun Wu; Wangbao Yin; Liantuan Xiao; Ove Axner; Suotang Jia

doi:10.3390/s16091544

Sensors (Sep 2016)

Intensity-Stabilized Fast-Scanned Direct Absorption Spectroscopy Instrumentation Based on a Distributed Feedback Laser with Detection Sensitivity down to 4 × 10−6

Gang Zhao,
Wei Tan,
Mengyuan Jia,
Jiajuan Hou,
Weiguang Ma,
Lei Dong,
Lei Zhang,
Xiaoxia Feng,
Xuechun Wu,
Wangbao Yin,
Liantuan Xiao,
Ove Axner,
Suotang Jia

Affiliations

Gang Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Wei Tan: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Mengyuan Jia: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Jiajuan Hou: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Weiguang Ma: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Lei Dong: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Lei Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Xiaoxia Feng: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Shanxi Polytechnic College, Taiyuan 030006, China
Xuechun Wu: Shanxi Guohui Optoelectronic Technology CO., Ltd., Taiyuan 030006, China
Wangbao Yin: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Liantuan Xiao: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
Ove Axner: Department of Physics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
Suotang Jia: State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091544
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 9
p. 1544

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A novel, intensity-stabilized, fast-scanned, direct absorption spectroscopy (IS-FS-DAS) instrumentation, based on a distributed feedback (DFB) diode laser, is developed. A fiber-coupled polarization rotator and a fiber-coupled polarizer are used to stabilize the intensity of the laser, which significantly reduces its relative intensity noise (RIN). The influence of white noise is reduced by fast scanning over the spectral feature (at 1 kHz), followed by averaging. By combining these two noise-reducing techniques, it is demonstrated that direct absorption spectroscopy (DAS) can be swiftly performed down to a limit of detection (LOD) (1σ) of 4 × 10−6, which opens up a number of new applications.

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ISSN: 1424-8220 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

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