Detecting parts-per-billion carbon monoxide with an ultra-enhanced near-infrared photoacoustic sensor
2026 (English) In: PHOTOACOUSTICS, ISSN 2213-5979, Vol. 47, article id 100790Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
An ultra-enhanced near-infrared (NIR) photoacoustic gas sensor was developed by integrating three enhancing techniques: (a) boosting the excitation power up to 2 W via a custom-built large-mode erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), (b) exploiting the acoustic resonance amplification of a hyperbolic nonlinear resonator (HNR), and (c) increasing the effective absorption path length by using a near-concentric multipass cavity (MPC) with 20 reflections. A weak CO absorption line at 1566.64 nm with the intensity of 2.074 × 10-23 cm/molecule was selected. The photoacoustic signal was enhanced 396 times. A minimum detection limit (MDL) of 190 ppb at 10 s was achieved and can be improved to be 11.4 ppb according to the Allan analysis, which was comparable to a mid-infrared (MIR) photoacoustic sensor. The ultra-enhanced NIR photoacoustic sensor is a cost-effective solution for the ppb-level trace gas detection, offering a price that is less than one-third that of MIR photoacoustic sensors.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Elsevier BV , 2026. Vol. 47, article id 100790
Keywords [en]
Near-infrared photoacoustic spectroscopy, Carbon monoxide, Hyperbolic nonlinear resonator, Near-concentric multipass cavity, Large-mode erbium-doped fiber amplifier
National Category
Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-377577 DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2025.100790 ISI: 001648425700001 PubMedID: 41531793 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105025022361 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-377577 DiVA, id: diva2:2046226
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2026-03-162026-03-162026-03-16 Bibliographically approved