Gas sensor based on photonic crystal fibres in the 2ν3 and ν2 + 2ν3 vibrational bands of methane

In this work, methane detection is performed on the 2º3 and º2 + 2º3 absorption bands in the Near-Infrared (NIR) wavelength region using an all-fibre optical sensor. Hollowcore photonic bandgap fibres (HC-PBFs) are employed as gas cells due to their compactness, good integrability in optical systems...

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Autores: Cubillas de Cos, Ana María, Lázaro Urrutia, José Miguel, Conde Portilla, Olga María|||0000-0002-2471-3051, Petrovich, Marco N., López Higuera, José Miguel|||0000-0002-8615-8487
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/842
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/842
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gas detectors
Methane
Fibre optic sensors
Photonic crystal fibres
Photonic bandgap fibres
Hollow-core
Absorption spectroscopy
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Sumario:In this work, methane detection is performed on the 2º3 and º2 + 2º3 absorption bands in the Near-Infrared (NIR) wavelength region using an all-fibre optical sensor. Hollowcore photonic bandgap fibres (HC-PBFs) are employed as gas cells due to their compactness, good integrability in optical systems and feasibility of long interaction lengths with gases. Sensing in the 2º3 band of methane is demonstrated to achieve a detection limit one order of magnitude better than that of the º2 + 2º3 band. Finally, the filling time of a HC-PBF is demonstrated to be dependent on the fibre length and geometry.