Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) in biomedical spectroscopy

A Schwaighofer, M Brandstetter, B Lendl - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) are the first room temperature semiconductor laser source
for the mid-IR spectral region, triggering substantial development for the advancement of …

Rapid photoacoustic exhaust gas analyzer for simultaneous measurement of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide

H Qi, X Zhao, Y Xu, L Yang, J Liu, K Chen - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
A rapid photoacoustic (PA) exhaust gas analyzer is presented for simultaneous
measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). A laser diode (LD) …

Research progress and prospects on gas-sensitive mechanisms of semiconductor sensors

J Chu, J Pan, Q Wang, A Yang, S Song… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Semiconductor materials with wide bandgaps are extensively employed for gas detection
due to their advantages of low cost, high sensitivity, fast speed, excellent stability, and …

Cantilever enhanced fiber-optic photoacoustic microprobe for diffusion detection of sulfur dioxide

X Zhao, H Qi, Z Wang, F Ma, C Li, M Guo… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
A cantilever enhanced fiber-optic photoacoustic microprobe with the cavity volume of only
119 μL is designed to detect SO 2, which has the obvious advantages of passive sensing …

Coherent injection locking of quantum cascade laser frequency combs

J Hillbrand, AM Andrews, H Detz, G Strasser… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Quantum cascade laser (QCL) frequency combs are a promising candidate for chemical
sensing and biomedical diagnostics,,–. They are electrically pumped and compact, making …

ppb-Level SO2 Photoacoustic Sensors with a Suppressed Absorption–Desorption Effect by Using a 7.41 μm External-Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser

X Yin, H Wu, L Dong, B Li, W Ma, L Zhang, W Yin… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A sensitive photoacoustic sensor system for the detection of ppb-level sulfur dioxide (SO2)
was developed by the use of a continuous-wave room-temperature, high-power quantum …

Radial-cavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy

H Lv, H Zheng, Y Liu, Z Yang, Q Wu, H Lin… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Radial-cavity quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (RC-QEPAS) was proposed for
trace gas analysis. A radial cavity with (0, 0, 1) resonance mode was coupled with the quartz …

Compact quantum cascade laser based quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensor system for detection of carbon disulfide

JP Waclawek, H Moser, B Lendl - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
A compact gas sensor system based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy
(QEPAS) employing a continuous wave (CW) distributed feedback quantum cascade laser …

Balanced-detection interferometric cavity-assisted photothermal spectroscopy

JP Waclawek, C Kristament, H Moser, B Lendl - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
An optical cavity can be utilized as an excellent transducer for highly sensitive gas detection
with the application of photothermal spectroscopy, featuring the beneficial property of an …

Highly sensitive SO2 photoacoustic sensor for SF6 decomposition detection using a compact mW-level diode-pumped solid-state laser emitting at 303 nm

X Yin, L Dong, H Wu, H Zheng, W Ma, L Zhang… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A compact ppb-level SO_2 photoacoustic sensor was developed for the application of SF_6
decomposition detection in electric power systems. The selection of the SO_2 target …