Probing methane in air with a midinfrared frequency comb source. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We employed a midinfrared frequency comb source for methane detection in ambient air. The transmitted spectra over a bandwidth of about 500nm were recorded with an optical spectrum analyzer under various experimental conditions of different path lengths. The normalized absorption spectra were compared and fitted with simulations, yielding quantitative values of concentrations of methane and water vapor in the ambient air. The 3 detection limit was 6.610-7cm-1 in ambient air for a broad spectral range, achieved with a path length of 590m. This approach provides a broad spectral range, a large dynamic range, high sensitivity, and accurate calibration. The performed analysis of the residuals shows that an excellent agreement between the measured and calculated spectral profiles was obtained.

published proceedings

  • Appl Opt

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Zhu, F., Xia, J., Bicer, A., Bounds, J., Kolomenskii, A., Strohaber, J., ... Schuessler, H.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Zhu, Feng||Xia, Jinbao||Bicer, Aysenur||Bounds, James||Kolomenskii, Alexandre||Strohaber, James||Johnson, Lewis||Amani, Mahmood||Schuessler, Hans

publication date

  • August 2017