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Real-time monitoring of nitric oxide in diesel exhaust gas by mid-infrared cavity ring-down spectroscopy

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We report the accurate and precise measurement of nitric oxide (NO) in automotive exhaust gas by cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) using a thermoelectrically cooled, pulsed quantum cascade laser (QCL) as a light source. A mid-infrared QCL with a 5.26 μm wavelength was used to detect fundamental vibrational transitions of NO. An effective optical path length of 2.1 km was achieved in a 50 cm long cell using high-reflectivity mirrors. In combination with a particle filter and a membrane gas dryer, stable and sensitive measurement of NO in exhaust gas was achieved for more than 30 minutes with a time resolution of 1 s. The results of this work indicate that a laser based NO sensor can be used to measure NO in exhaust gas over a dynamic range of three orders of magnitude.

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  1. Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

    H. Sumizawa

  2. National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, 7-4-27 Jindaiji-Higashimachi, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-0012, Japan

    H. Yamada

  3. Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    K. Tonokura

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Sumizawa, H., Yamada, H. & Tonokura, K. Real-time monitoring of nitric oxide in diesel exhaust gas by mid-infrared cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. B 100, 925–931 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4138-z

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