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Tunable quantum cascade laser for methane concentration measurement
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Mikhailov D. A.1, Dudelev V. V.1, Chistyakov D. V.1, Cherotchenko E. D.1, Vrubel I. I.1, Mylnikov V. Yu.1, Losev S. N.1, Deryagin N. G.1, Abdulrazak S. Kh.1, Babichev A. V.1, Lyutetskiy A. V.1, Slipchenko S. O.1, Pikhtin N. A.1, Gladyshev A. G.2, Podgaetskiy K. A.3, Andreev A. Yu.3, Yarotskaya I. V.3, Ladugin M. A.3, Marmalyuk A. A.3, Papylev D. S.4, Novikov I. I.2,4, Kognovitskaya E. A.1,5, Kuchinskii V. I.1, Karachinsky L. Ya.2,4, Egorov A. Yu.2, Sokolovskii G. S.1
1Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
2Connector Optics LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia
3“Polyus” Research Institute of M.F. Stelmakh Joint Stock Company, Moscow, Russia
4ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia
5D.I. Mendeleev Institute for Metrology, St. Petersburg, Russia
Email: dm@mail.ioffe.ru
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We report spectral studies of methane using a quantum cascade laser (QCL) with an external resonator in the Littrow configuration operating in 7550-7750 nm range. We demonstrate this setup to allow detection of methane concentrations as low as 165 ppm, which is over 250-fold below the lower explosive limit of methane concentration in the atmosphere. We also discuss the potential for increasing the sensitivity of methane detection scheme. Keywords: quantum cascade laser, methane, gas analysis, infrared spectroscopy.
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