QCL-Based Dual-Comb Spectrometer for Multi-Species Measurements at High Temperatures and High Pressures
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Clean Combustion Research Center, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia
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IRsweep AG, Laubisruetistr. 44, 8712 Staefa, Switzerland
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Sensors 2020, 20(12), 3602; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123602
Received: 14 May 2020
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Revised: 19 June 2020
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Accepted: 24 June 2020
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Published: 26 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
Rapid multi-species sensing is an overarching goal in time-resolved studies of chemical kinetics. Most current laser sources cannot achieve this goal due to their narrow spectral coverage and/or slow wavelength scanning. In this work, a novel mid-IR dual-comb spectrometer is utilized for chemical kinetic investigations. The spectrometer is based on two quantum cascade laser frequency combs and provides rapid (4 µs) measurements over a wide spectral range (~1175–1235 cm−1). Here, the spectrometer was applied to make time-resolved absorption measurements of methane, acetone, propene, and propyne at high temperatures (>1000 K) and high pressures (>5 bar) in a shock tube. Such a spectrometer will be of high value in chemical kinetic studies of future fuels.
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Zhang, G.; Horvath, R.; Liu, D.; Geiser, M.; Farooq, A. QCL-Based Dual-Comb Spectrometer for Multi-Species Measurements at High Temperatures and High Pressures. Sensors 2020, 20, 3602. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123602
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Zhang G, Horvath R, Liu D, Geiser M, Farooq A. QCL-Based Dual-Comb Spectrometer for Multi-Species Measurements at High Temperatures and High Pressures. Sensors. 2020; 20(12):3602. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123602
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Guangle, Raphael Horvath, Dapeng Liu, Markus Geiser, and Aamir Farooq. 2020. "QCL-Based Dual-Comb Spectrometer for Multi-Species Measurements at High Temperatures and High Pressures" Sensors 20, no. 12: 3602. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20123602
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