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Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring

Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) is a sensitive gas detection technique which requires frequent calibration and has a long response time. Here we report beat frequency (BF) QEPAS that can be used for ultra-sensitive calibration-free trace-gas detection and fast spectral scan applic...

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Autores principales: Wu, Hongpeng, Dong, Lei, Zheng, Huadan, Yu, Yajun, Ma, Weiguang, Zhang, Lei, Yin, Wangbao, Xiao, Liantuan, Jia, Suotang, Tittel, Frank K.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28561065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15331
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author Wu, Hongpeng
Dong, Lei
Zheng, Huadan
Yu, Yajun
Ma, Weiguang
Zhang, Lei
Yin, Wangbao
Xiao, Liantuan
Jia, Suotang
Tittel, Frank K.
author_facet Wu, Hongpeng
Dong, Lei
Zheng, Huadan
Yu, Yajun
Ma, Weiguang
Zhang, Lei
Yin, Wangbao
Xiao, Liantuan
Jia, Suotang
Tittel, Frank K.
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description Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) is a sensitive gas detection technique which requires frequent calibration and has a long response time. Here we report beat frequency (BF) QEPAS that can be used for ultra-sensitive calibration-free trace-gas detection and fast spectral scan applications. The resonance frequency and Q-factor of the quartz tuning fork (QTF) as well as the trace-gas concentration can be obtained simultaneously by detecting the beat frequency signal generated when the transient response signal of the QTF is demodulated at its non-resonance frequency. Hence, BF-QEPAS avoids a calibration process and permits continuous monitoring of a targeted trace gas. Three semiconductor lasers were selected as the excitation source to verify the performance of the BF-QEPAS technique. The BF-QEPAS method is capable of measuring lower trace-gas concentration levels with shorter averaging times as compared to conventional PAS and QEPAS techniques and determines the electrical QTF parameters precisely.
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spelling pubmed-54600192017-06-12 Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring Wu, Hongpeng Dong, Lei Zheng, Huadan Yu, Yajun Ma, Weiguang Zhang, Lei Yin, Wangbao Xiao, Liantuan Jia, Suotang Tittel, Frank K. Nat Commun Article Quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) is a sensitive gas detection technique which requires frequent calibration and has a long response time. Here we report beat frequency (BF) QEPAS that can be used for ultra-sensitive calibration-free trace-gas detection and fast spectral scan applications. The resonance frequency and Q-factor of the quartz tuning fork (QTF) as well as the trace-gas concentration can be obtained simultaneously by detecting the beat frequency signal generated when the transient response signal of the QTF is demodulated at its non-resonance frequency. Hence, BF-QEPAS avoids a calibration process and permits continuous monitoring of a targeted trace gas. Three semiconductor lasers were selected as the excitation source to verify the performance of the BF-QEPAS technique. The BF-QEPAS method is capable of measuring lower trace-gas concentration levels with shorter averaging times as compared to conventional PAS and QEPAS techniques and determines the electrical QTF parameters precisely. Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5460019/ /pubmed/28561065 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15331 Text en Copyright © 2017, The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Wu, Hongpeng
Dong, Lei
Zheng, Huadan
Yu, Yajun
Ma, Weiguang
Zhang, Lei
Yin, Wangbao
Xiao, Liantuan
Jia, Suotang
Tittel, Frank K.
Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title_full Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title_fullStr Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title_full_unstemmed Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title_short Beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
title_sort beat frequency quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy for fast and calibration-free continuous trace-gas monitoring
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28561065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15331
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