Sub-nanoliter spectroscopic gas sensor

Sensors

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1308-1320

  Alfeeli, Bassam ^a   Pickrell, Gary ^a   Wang, Anbo ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical sensing; Miniature gas sensor; Optical fiber; Optical sensing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GASES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CELL VOLUME; CHEMICAL SENSING; GAS DETECTION; NANOLITER RANGES; OPTICAL SENSING; SAMPLE CELL; SENSOR DESIGNS; SPECTROSCOPIC GAS SENSORS;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 33750727019     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s6101308     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Blake, T.A.; Kelly, J.F.; Stewart, T.L.; Hartman, J.S.; Sharpe, S.W.; Sams, R.L. Absorption spectroscopy in hollow-glass waveguides using infrared diode lasers. Diode Lasers and Applications in Atmospheric Sensing 2002, Proceedings of SPIE, 4817, 216-232
2. Ho, C.K.; Robinson, A.; Miller, D.R.; Davis, M.J. Overview of sensors and needs for environmental monitoring. Sensors 2005, 5(1-2), 4-37.
3. Parries, M.C.; Shaw, A.M.; Fisk, J.; Garvey, L. Detection of low chemical concentrations by cavity ring-down in an evanescently coupled fused optical fibre taper. Optically Based Biological and Chemical Sensing for Defence 2004, SPIE, 5677, 334-340
4. Alfeeli, B. Miniature gas sensing device based on near-infrared spectroscopy, Master of Science Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 2005
5. Webb, D.J. Optical-fiber sensors: an overview. MRS Bulletin 2002, 27(5), 365-9.
6. Culshaw, B. Fiber-optic sensors: applications and advances. Optics & Photonics News 2005, 16(11), 24-9.
7. Lehmann, H.; Brueckner, S.; Kobelke, J.; Schwotzer, G.; Schuster, K.; Willsch, R. Toward photonic crystal fiber based distributed chemosensors. 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors 2005, SPIE, 5555, 419-422
8. Saggese, S.J.; Harrington, J.A.; Sigel, J.G.H. Hollow and dielectric waveguides for infrared spectroscopic applications. Applied Spectroscopy in Material Science 1991, SPIE, 1437, 44-53
9. Saggese, S.J.; Harrington, J.A.; Sigel, G.H., Jr.; Altkorn, R.; Haidle, R. Novel lightpipes for infrared spectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy 1992, 46(7), 1194-7.
10. Saito, M.; Sato, S.-y.; Miyagi, M. Spectroscopic gas sensing with infrared hollow waveguides. Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Fiber Sensors IV1993, SPIE, 1796, 231-242
11. Kozodoy, R.L.; Micheels, R.H.; Harrington, J.A. Small-Bore Hollow Waveguide Infrared Absorption Cells for Gas Sensing. Applied Spectroscopy 1996, 50(3), 415-417.
12. Worrell, C.A.; Gallen, N. A. Trace-level detection of gases and vapours with mid-infra-red hollow waveguides. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 1997, 30, 1984-1995.
13. Haan, D.J.; Harrington, J.A. Hollow waveguides for gas sensing and near-IR applications. The SPIE Conference on Specialty Fiber Optics for Medical Applications 1999, SPIE, 3596, 43-49
14. Peng, W.; Pickrell, G.R.; Shen, F.; Wang, A. Experimental Investigation of Optical Waveguide-Based Multigas Sensing. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 2004, 16(10), 2317-2319.
15. Stewart, G.; Whitenett, G.; Shields, P.; Marshall, J.; Culshaw, B. Design of fibre laser and sensor systems for gas spectroscopy in the near-IR. Industrial and Highway Sensors Technology 2004, Proceedings of SPIE, 5272, 172-180
16. Pickrell, G.; Peng, W.; Wang, A. Random-hole optical fiber evanescent-wave gas sensing. Optics Letters 2004, 29(13), 1476-1478.
17. Houghton, J.T.; Smith, S.D. Infra-red Physics. Oxford University Press. 1966.
18. Miyagi, M.; Nishida, S. Transmission Characteristics of Dielectric Tube Leaky Waveguide. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 1980, MTT-28(6), 536-541.
19. Cheung, A.; Johnstone, W.; Moodie, D. Detection of acetylene gas using optical correlation spectroscopy. 17th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors 2005, SPIE, 5555, 475-478
20. Stewart, G.; Whitenett, G.; Marshall, J.P.; Johnstone, W.; Culshaw, B.; MacLean, A.; Mauchline, I.S.; Moodie, D.G. Remote gas analysis using fibre optic links and near infrared absorption. Optical Sensing 2004, SPIE, 5459, 285-294
21. Zhang, Y.; Zhang, M.; Jin, W.; Ho, H.L.; Demokan, M.S.; Culshaw, B.; Stewart, G. Investigation of erbium-doped fiber laser intra-cavity absorption sensor for gas detection. Optics Communications 2004, 232(1-6), 295-301.
22. Ritari, T.; Tuominen, J.; Ludvigsen, H. Gas sensing using air-guiding photonic bandgap. Optics Express 2004, 12(17), 4080-4087.
23. Denney, R.C. A Dictionary of Spectroscopy. 2 ed. Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1982.
24. Wormhoudt, J., ed. Infrared Methods for Gaseous Measurements: Theory and Practice. Optical Engineering, ed. B.J. Thompson. Vol. 7, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1985.
25. Sigrist, M.W., ed. Air Monitoring by Spectroscopic Techniques. Chemical Analysis, ed. J.D. Winefordner. Vol. 127, 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.