Sensors 2010, 10(5), 4686-4699; doi:10.3390/s100504686
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Diode Laser Detection of Greenhouse Gases in the Near-Infrared Region by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy: Pressure Dependence of the Detection Sensitivity

Takashi Asakawa 1 email, Nozomu Kanno 2 email and Kenichi Tonokura 3,* email
1 Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan 2 Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan 3 Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 27 January 2010; in revised form: 13 April 2010 / Accepted: 16 April 2010 / Published: 6 May 2010
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Laser Spectroscopy and Sensing)
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Abstract: We have investigated the pressure dependence of the detection sensitivity of CO2, N2O and CH4 using wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) with distributed feed-back diode lasers in the near infrared region. The spectral line shapes and the background noise of the second harmonics (2f) detection of the WMS were analyzed theoretically. We determined the optimum pressure conditions in the detection of CO2, N2O and CH4, by taking into consideration the background noise in the WMS. At the optimum total pressure for the detection of CO2, N2O and CH4, the limits of detection in the present system were determined.
Keywords: gas sensing; wavelength modulation spectroscopy; near-infrared absorption spectroscopy

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Asakawa, T.; Kanno, N.; Tonokura, K. Diode Laser Detection of Greenhouse Gases in the Near-Infrared Region by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy: Pressure Dependence of the Detection Sensitivity. Sensors 2010, 10, 4686-4699.

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Asakawa T, Kanno N, Tonokura K. Diode Laser Detection of Greenhouse Gases in the Near-Infrared Region by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy: Pressure Dependence of the Detection Sensitivity. Sensors. 2010; 10(5):4686-4699.

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Asakawa, Takashi; Kanno, Nozomu; Tonokura, Kenichi. 2010. "Diode Laser Detection of Greenhouse Gases in the Near-Infrared Region by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy: Pressure Dependence of the Detection Sensitivity." Sensors 10, no. 5: 4686-4699.

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