Development of a compact quantum cascade laser spectrometer for field measurements of CO2 isotopes

D. Weidmann; G. Wysocki; C. Oppenheimer; F. K. Tittel

doi:10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7

Development of a compact quantum cascade laser spectrometer for field measurements of CO₂ isotopes

D. Weidmann, G. Wysocki, C. Oppenheimer, F. K. Tittel

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

67 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report the development of a field-deployable, pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer. The instrument is designed to measure the ¹³C/¹²C isotopic ratio in the CO₂ released from volcanic vents. Specific ¹²CO₂ and ¹³CO ₂ absorption lines were selected around 4.3 μm, where the P-branch of ¹²CO₂ overlaps the R-branch of ¹³CO ₂ of the 00⁰1-00⁰0 vibrational transition. This particular selection makes the instrument insensitive to temperature variations. A dual-channel cell balances the two absorption signals. We provide details of the instrument design and a preliminary demonstration of its performance based on laboratory measurements of ¹⁶O ¹²C ¹⁶O and ¹⁶O¹²C¹⁸O.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-260
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7
State	Published - Feb 2005
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
General Physics and Astronomy

Access to Document

10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7

Cite this

@article{3493ecfd54b14c9f85d616052cc842ca,

title = "Development of a compact quantum cascade laser spectrometer for field measurements of CO2 isotopes",

abstract = "We report the development of a field-deployable, pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer. The instrument is designed to measure the 13C/12C isotopic ratio in the CO2 released from volcanic vents. Specific 12CO2 and 13CO 2 absorption lines were selected around 4.3 μm, where the P-branch of 12CO2 overlaps the R-branch of 13CO 2 of the 0001-0000 vibrational transition. This particular selection makes the instrument insensitive to temperature variations. A dual-channel cell balances the two absorption signals. We provide details of the instrument design and a preliminary demonstration of its performance based on laboratory measurements of 16O 12C 16O and 16O12C18O.",

author = "D. Weidmann and G. Wysocki and C. Oppenheimer and Tittel, {F. K.}",

year = "2005",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "80",

pages = "255--260",

journal = "Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics",

issn = "0946-2171",

publisher = "Springer Verlag",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Development of a compact quantum cascade laser spectrometer for field measurements of CO2 isotopes

AU - Weidmann, D.

AU - Wysocki, G.

AU - Oppenheimer, C.

AU - Tittel, F. K.

PY - 2005/2

Y1 - 2005/2

N2 - We report the development of a field-deployable, pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer. The instrument is designed to measure the 13C/12C isotopic ratio in the CO2 released from volcanic vents. Specific 12CO2 and 13CO 2 absorption lines were selected around 4.3 μm, where the P-branch of 12CO2 overlaps the R-branch of 13CO 2 of the 0001-0000 vibrational transition. This particular selection makes the instrument insensitive to temperature variations. A dual-channel cell balances the two absorption signals. We provide details of the instrument design and a preliminary demonstration of its performance based on laboratory measurements of 16O 12C 16O and 16O12C18O.

AB - We report the development of a field-deployable, pulsed quantum cascade laser spectrometer. The instrument is designed to measure the 13C/12C isotopic ratio in the CO2 released from volcanic vents. Specific 12CO2 and 13CO 2 absorption lines were selected around 4.3 μm, where the P-branch of 12CO2 overlaps the R-branch of 13CO 2 of the 0001-0000 vibrational transition. This particular selection makes the instrument insensitive to temperature variations. A dual-channel cell balances the two absorption signals. We provide details of the instrument design and a preliminary demonstration of its performance based on laboratory measurements of 16O 12C 16O and 16O12C18O.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=12344262542&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=12344262542&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7

DO - 10.1007/s00340-004-1639-7

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:12344262542

SN - 0946-2171

VL - 80

SP - 255

EP - 260

JO - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

JF - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

IS - 2

ER -

Development of a compact quantum cascade laser spectrometer for field measurements of CO₂ isotopes

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this