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Inexpensive near-infrared diode lasers are now being used to enable high sensitivity, real time monitoring of gases both in open path measurements of urban air quality and in industrial environments for stack gas emission monitoring. Individual species are detected in a highly selective manner via overtone and combination bands of their vibrational spectra. Operating at room temperature and with simple optical components they can be made into portable instruments, ideal for field measurements. Combined with optical fibres they can be used for accessing remote and possibly dangerous locations. This paper presents current progress on the development of such a system illustrating recent results on ammonia monitoring at 1540 nm and acetylene at 780 nm. Sensitivities of the order of parts per million and below have been attained. Advantages and disadvantages of this approach to air pollution monitoring will be described. Pressure broadening results are also given for the 2v1 band of ammonia.
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Holdsworth, R.J., Martin, P.A. Near - Infrared Diode Laser Air Monitoring. Environ Monit Assess 52, 141–148 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005891108572
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005891108572