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Part per trillion nitric oxide measurement by optical feedback cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the mid-infrared

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While nitric oxide (NO) is being monitored in various fields of application, there is still a lack of available instruments at a sub-ppb level of sensitivity. We report on the first application of Optical Feedback Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy (OF-CEAS) to NO trace gas analysis, with a room-temperature quantum-cascade laser at 5.26 µm (1900.5 cm\(^{-1}\)). A detection limit of 60 ppt is reached in a single measurement performed in 140 ms. The stability of the instrument allows to average for 10 s down to 8.3 ppt, limited by drift of etalon fringes in the spectra. This work opens the path towards new applications notably in breath analysis and environment sciences.

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We thank Jean-Luc Martin and Thibault Desbois for their technical support. This work was partly supported by a Grant from the french LEFE-CHAT (CHimie ATmosphrique) program of Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers and the LabexOSUG@2020 program (ANR10  LABX56).

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    Irène Ventrillard, Paula Gorrotxategi-Carbajo & Daniele Romanini

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This article is part of the topical collection “Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research” guest edited by Francesco D’Amato, Erik Kerstel, and Alan Fried.

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Ventrillard, I., Gorrotxategi-Carbajo, P. & Romanini, D. Part per trillion nitric oxide measurement by optical feedback cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy in the mid-infrared. Appl. Phys. B 123, 180 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6750-7

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