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Mid-infrared pumped laser-induced thermal grating spectroscopy for detection of acetylene in the visible spectral range

Sahlberg, Anna Lena LU orcid ; Kiefer, Johannes LU ; Aldén, Marcus LU and Li, Zhongshan LU (2016) In Applied Spectroscopy 70(6). p.1034-1043
Abstract

We present mid-infrared laser-induced thermal grating spectroscopy (IR-LITGS) using excitation radiation around 3 μm generated by a simple broadband optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Acetylene as a typical small hydrocarbon molecule is used as an example target species. A mid-infrared broadband OPO pumped by the fundamental output of a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used to generate the pump beams, with pulse energies of 6-10 mJ depending on the wavelength. The line width of the OPO idler beam was ∼5 cm-1, which is large enough to cover up to six adjacent acetylene lines. The probe beam was the radiation of a 532 nm cw solid state laser with 190 mW output power. Signals were generated in... (More)

We present mid-infrared laser-induced thermal grating spectroscopy (IR-LITGS) using excitation radiation around 3 μm generated by a simple broadband optical parametric oscillator (OPO). Acetylene as a typical small hydrocarbon molecule is used as an example target species. A mid-infrared broadband OPO pumped by the fundamental output of a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) laser was used to generate the pump beams, with pulse energies of 6-10 mJ depending on the wavelength. The line width of the OPO idler beam was ∼5 cm-1, which is large enough to cover up to six adjacent acetylene lines. The probe beam was the radiation of a 532 nm cw solid state laser with 190 mW output power. Signals were generated in atmospheric pressure gas flows of N2, air, CO2 and Ar with small admixtures of C2H2. A detection limit of less than 300 ppm was found for a point measurement of C2H2 diluted in N2. As expected, the oscillation frequency of the IR-LITGS signal was found to have a large dependency on the buffer gas, which allows determination of the speed of sound. Moreover, the results reveal a very strong collisional energy exchange between C2H2 and CO2 compared to the other gases. This manifests as significant local heating. In summary, the MIR-LITGS technique enables spectroscopy of fundamental vibrational transitions in the infrared via detection in the visible spectral range.

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acetylene, Hydrocarbon detection, laser-induced gratings, LITGS, nonlinear optical spectroscopy, quenching
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Applied Spectroscopy
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10 pages
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Society for Applied Spectroscopy
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0003-7028
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10.1177/0003702816641271
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English
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  author       = {{Sahlberg, Anna Lena and Kiefer, Johannes and Aldén, Marcus and Li, Zhongshan}},
  issn         = {{0003-7028}},
  keywords     = {{acetylene; Hydrocarbon detection; laser-induced gratings; LITGS; nonlinear optical spectroscopy; quenching}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{1034--1043}},
  publisher    = {{Society for Applied Spectroscopy}},
  series       = {{Applied Spectroscopy}},
  title        = {{Mid-infrared pumped laser-induced thermal grating spectroscopy for detection of acetylene in the visible spectral range}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003702816641271}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/0003702816641271}},
  volume       = {{70}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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