TDLAS–WMS based near-infrared methane sensor system using hollow-core photonic crystal fiber as gas-chamber

  • Qixin He
  • Peipei Dang
  • Zhiwei Liu
  • Chuantao Zheng
  • Yiding Wang
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Abstract

A near-infrared methane (CH4) sensor system was implemented using a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF) as gas-chamber. Coupling joints including ceramic ferrules and ceramic mating sleeve were used to realize butt coupling between hollow-core fiber and single-mode fiber. A near-infrared distribute feedback laser was used for CH4 detection based on wavelength modulation spectroscopy technique. CH4 measurements were conducted to derive the sensor-system performances. Using a 5.3 mW laser power and a 0.8 m-long HC-PCF, a minimum detection limit of ~8.7 ppm at 0.1 s averaging time was obtained and it can be further improved to 1.4 ppm at an averaging time of 10 s. A good linear calibration curve between the amplitude ratio (2f/1f) and the CH4 concentration was obtained within the concentration range of 0–1000 ppm. This sensor system shows potential applications in distributed field measurements on CH4 in industrial process control, environmental monitoring, etc.

Keywords

Fiber optics Photonic crystal fiber Infrared absorption spectroscopy 
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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to express their gratitude to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61627823, 61307124 and 11404129), National Key Technology R&D Program of China (Nos. 2013BAK06B04 and 2014BAD08B03), the Science and Technology Department of Jilin Province of China (Nos. 20120707 and 20140307014SF), the Changchun Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (Nos. 11GH01 and 14KG022), and the State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Jilin University (No. IOSKL2012ZZ12) for their generous support of this work.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Qixin He
    • 1
    • 2
  • Peipei Dang
    • 1
  • Zhiwei Liu
    • 1
  • Chuantao Zheng
    • 1
    • 2
  • Yiding Wang
    • 1
  1. 1.State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and EngineeringJilin UniversityChangchunPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Electrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentRice UniversityHoustonUSA

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