Sub parts-per-billion detection of ethane in a 30-meters long mid-IR Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber

Piotr Jaworski; Karol Krzempek; Paweł Kozioł; Dakun Wu; Fei Yu; Piotr Bojęś; Grzegorz Dudzik; Meisong Liao; Jonathan Knight; Krzysztof Abramski

doi:10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107638

Sub parts-per-billion detection of ethane in a 30-meters long mid-IR Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber

Piotr Jaworski, Karol Krzempek, Paweł Kozioł, Dakun Wu, Fei Yu, Piotr Bojęś, Grzegorz Dudzik, Meisong Liao, Jonathan Knight, Krzysztof Abramski

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Abstract

In this work, we present the first demonstration of a gas sensor utilizing the Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy technique and a mid-IR guiding Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber with a record length of 30 m. The self-fabricated ARHCF was used as an air-tight, low-volume absorption cell delivering an extended laser-gas molecules interaction path within the sensor's setup, which enabled it to efficiently detect ethane at 2996.88 cm⁻¹. Benefiting from the unique guidance properties of the ARHCF, the sensor reached a minimum detection limit of 670 parts-per-trillion by volume for 14 s integration time, which is at a level comparable to the bulk optics-based systems utilizing more complex detection techniques or multipass cells with tens of meters long optical path lengths. The obtained results confirm that ARHCF-based gas sensors can successfully compete with or even outperform bulk optics-based mid-IR gas sensor configurations. The obtained results show the potential for the development of novel, low-volume, compact, and reliable types of gas detectors allowing precise analysis of various gaseous substances at their trace concentration level.

Original language	English
Article number	107638
Journal	Optics and Laser Technology
Volume	147
Early online date	10 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2021.107638
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2022

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Centre (NCN) [grant number UMO-2018/30/Q/ST3/00809]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 61935002, 61961136003]; Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences [grant number ZDBS-LY- JSC020]; CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program; the Open Fund of the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques (South China University of Technology).

Funding

This work was supported by the National Science Centre (NCN) [grant number UMO-2018/30/Q/ST3/00809]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 61935002, 61961136003]; Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences [grant number ZDBS-LY- JSC020]; CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program; the Open Fund of the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques (South China University of Technology).

Keywords

Antiresonant hollow-core fiber
Fiber sensors
Laser-based gas sensing
Wavelength modulation spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Sub parts-per-billion detection of ethane in a 30-meters long mid-IR Antiresonant Hollow-Core Fiber

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