Advances in Laser-Based Gas Sensing Technologies
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 3713
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Interests: laser-based spectroscopy; laser-based gas sensing; microstructured optical fibers; hollow-core photonic crystal fibers; fiber lasers
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Dear Colleagues,
The rapid development of coherent and broadband light sources, optical and fiber-optics as well as electronics components has resulted in the rise of a broad range of their novel applications. One of those which has been an object of very intensive research carried on worldwide is laser spectroscopy for gas sensing. To date, laser-aided gas sensors have been constructed based on the use of clever measurement techniques, including TDLAS, WMS, PTS, QEPAS, CRDS, broadband optical frequency comb spectroscopy and many more. These techniques are especially efficient when combined with mid-IR laser sources, very sensitive photodetectors and recently microstructured optical fibers, and have enabled optical gas sensors to reach the sensitivity, selectivity and versatility required for the detection of various molecules at trace concentrations.
This Special Issue aims to summarize the state-of-the-art methods, solutions, materials and apparatus currently used in selective, sensitive and precise optical gas sensing. The main topics of the Special Issue are connected with:
- Photothermal spectroscopy;
- Photoacoustic spectroscopy;
- Dispersion spectroscopy;
- Optical frequency comb spectroscopy;
- Remote sensing;
- Tunable and wavelength modulation spectroscopy;
- Single-frequency and broadband laser sources;
- Novel materials for optical gas sensing;
- Microstructured optical fibers and waveguides;
- Photodetectors and spectrometers.
Dr. Piotr Jaworski
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- laser spectroscopy
- laser-based gas sensing
- laser sources for spectroscopy
- novel optical materials for gas sensing
- antiresonant hollow-core fibers
- hollow waveguides
- mid-IR photodetectors
- optical frequency comb spectroscopy
- dual-comb spectroscopy
- dispersion spectroscopy
- absorption spectroscopy
- photothermal spectroscopy
- cavity-enhanced spectroscopy
- cavity ring-down spectroscopy
- photoacoustic spectroscopy
- remote sensing
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