A review of recent advances in semiconductor laser based gas monitors

Year: 1998

Authors: Werle P.

Autors Affiliation: Fraunhofer Inst. Atmospharische U., Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19, D-82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Abstract: When first tunable diode lasers were developed in the mid-1960s they found immediate application as much needed tunable sources for high-resolution laser absorption spectroscopy commonly referred to as TDLAS (tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy). Substantial improvements in sensitivity and detection speed have been achieved since then and an increasing number of laser based gas monitoring applications has been reported. Diode lasers in general continue to find application to research areas requiring very high resolution, accuracy and sensitivity. In this article the main features and applications of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy will be reviewed. The main characteristics of the currently available semiconductor diode lasers with respect to spectroscopic applications and sensitive detection techniques will be discussed. The focus will be on high frequency modulation schemes, which have been developed and utilized for a series of gas monitoring applications in the past. Recent approaches in sample modulation enhanced high frequency modulation spectroscopy developed to cope with limitations caused by signal instability will be addressed together with the future perspectives of TDLAS.

Journal/Review: SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Volume: 54 (2)      Pages from: 197  to: 236

More Information: Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie, BMFT. Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF. Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie, StMWi. – Most of this work has been funded by the German Ministry for Research and Technology (BMBF), the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Technologie and the European Community. The work of the engineers R. Königstedt, B. Jänker, K. Maurer, D. Hofmann, J. Schandl, R. Huber and the diploma and PhD students J. Wietzorrek, S. Lechner, B. Schlitt, K. Josek, B. Scheumann and R. Kormann is hereby gratefully acknowledged. I would like to thank especially Dr F. Slemr and Dr R. Mücke for many stimulating discussions and advice during the preparation of the manuscript.
KeyWords: Absorption spectroscopy; Gases; Laser tuning; Spectrum analysis, Gas monitoring; Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy, Semiconductor lasers
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-1425(97)00227-8

Citations: 468
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