Performance of a photothermal detector with turbid liquids

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4360-4367

  Hodgkinson, Jane ^a,b,c   Johnson, Mark ^a,d   Dakin, John P ^b  

^a Dawson House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Instrumentation Design Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBIDITY;

NONTURBID SAMPLES; PERIODIC DEFLECTION; PHOTOTHERMAL DETECTORS; TURBID LIQUIDS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 22944449339     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004360     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. A. Rosencwaig, Photoacoustics and Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (Wiley, 1980).
2. Y.-H. Pao, Optoacoustic Spectroscopy and Detection (Academic, 1977).
3. J. R. Small, N. S. Foster, J. E. Amonette, and T. Autrey, "Listening to colloidal silica samples: simultaneous measure ment of absorbed and scattered light using pulsed laser photoacoustics," Appl. Spectrosc. 54, 1142-1150 (2000).
4. J. Hodgkinson, M. Johnson, and J. P. Dakin, "Photoacoustic detection using the deflection of a water meniscus," Meas. Sci. Technol. 9, 1316-1323 (1998).
5. P. Helander, I. Lundström, and D. McQueen, "Light scattering effects in photoacoustic spectroscopy," J. Appl. Phys. 51, 3841-3847 (1980).
6. J. F. McClelland and R. N. Kniseley, "Photoacoustic spectroscopy with condensed samples," Appl. Opt. 15, 2658-2663 (1976).
7. J. D. Spear, R. E. Russo, and R. J. Silva, "Collinear photothermal defection spectroscopy with light-scattering samples," Appl. Opt. 29, 4225-4234 (1990).
8. J. B. Thorne and D. R. Bobbitt, "Comparison of Beer's law and thermal lens techniques for absorption measurements under conditions of high scattering backgrounds," Appl. Spectrosc. 47, 360-363 (1993).
9. J. Hodgkinson, M. Johnson, and J. P. Dakin, "Photothermal detection of trace optical absorption in water by use of visible-light-emitting diodes," Appl. Opt. 37, 7320-7326 (1998).
10. E. S. Fry, G. W. Kattawar, and R. M. Pope, "Integrating cavity absorption meter," Appl. Opt. 31, 2055-2065 (1992).
11. I. Fecht and M. Johnson, "Non-contact, scattering-independent water absorption measurement using a falling stream and integrating sphere," Meas. Sci. Technol. 10, 612-618 (1999).
12. A. Yarai, Y. Okamoto, and T. Nakanishi, "High-sensitivity photothermal radiometry measurement using a mirrored liq uid sample vessel for multireflection of a pumping beam," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 652-654 (2003).
13. G. F. Lothian and F. P. Chappell, "Transmission of light through suspensions," J. Appl. Chem. 1, 475-482 (1951).
14. J. L. Santos, A. P. Leite, and D. A. Jackson, "Optical fiber sensing with a low-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity," Appl. Opt. 31, 7361-7366 (1992).
15. J. Hodgkinson, M. Johnson, and J. P. Dakin, "Comparison of self-referencing techniques for photothermal detection of trace compounds in water," Sensor Actuators B 67, 227-234 (2000).
16. Elgastat Option 4 water deioniser Operators Handbook (Elga Ltd., 1994).
17. S. E. Braslavsky and G. E. Heibel, "Time-resolved photothermal and photoacoustic methods applied to photoinduced processes in solution," Chem. Rev. 92, 1381-1410 (1992).
18. K. Papacosta, "Turbidity calibration standards evaluated from a different perspective," in Proceedings of the Federal Interagency Workshop on Turbidity and other Sediment Surrogates, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1250 (U.S. Geological Survey, 2002).
19. G. M. Hale and M. R. Querry, "Optical constants of water in the 200-nm to 200-μm wavelength region," Appl. Opt. 12, 555-563 (1973).
20. C. K. N. Patel and A. C. Tam, "Pulsed optoacoustic spectroscopy of condensed matter," Rev. Mod. Phys. 53, 517-550 (1981).
21. D. S. Goodman, "Machinable glass ceramic: a useful optical material," Appl. Opt. 25, 1726 (1986).
22. L. G. Rosengren, "Optimal optoacoustic detector design," Appl. Opt. 14, 1960-1976 (1975).