Measurement of trace atmospheric constituents by cw cavity ring-down spectroscopy
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Measurement of trace atmospheric constituents by cw cavity ring-down spectroscopy
A.J. Orr-Ewing, M. Pradhan, R. Grilli, T.J.A. Butler, D. Mellon, M.S.I. Aziz and J. Kim
Detection of atmospheric C2H2
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• Atmospheric C2H2 has mostly anthropogenic sources• Atmospheric lifetimes ~ days to weeks• Tracer for polluted air masses• Mixing ratios 0.8 – 2.5 ppbv in rural areas• Monitor via P(17) line of 1 + 3 band at 1535.393 nm
• CRDS detection limit in 1 atm air ~ 2.5 ppbv ( = 14 s) using DFB diode laser.
CRDS detection limits
• Limiting absorption coefficient:
• Allan Variance analysis to optimize averaging;• Pressure broadening ( = 0.073 cm-1 atm-1) work at
reduced sample pressure;• Trapping and pre-concentration ( 25) of C2H2 from air;
• Detection limit for C2H2 is 8 pptv.
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Tests of cw CRDS measurements
• Apel Reimer standard mixture of 75 VOCs (C2 – C11)
• Comparison of cw CRDS and GC-FID for indoor air sample
cw CRDS 8.6 0.6 ppbv
Manufacturer 8.7 0.05 ppbv
M. Pradhan et al., Appl. Phys. B 90, 1 (2008)
cw CRDS 3.87 ± 0.22 ppbv
GC-FID 3.90 ± 0.23 ppbv
Monitoring C2H2 in lab air
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Monitoring atmospheric C2H2
Optical properties of aerosol particlesPrior work by Atkinson (Portland), Ravishankara (NOAA), Strawa (NASA-Ames) and others on aerosol extinction by CRDS.
• Statistical fluctuations for low particle number densities dominate the uncertainty in extinction measurements.
Optical feedback CRDS
Morville et al., Appl. Phys. B 78, 465 (2004)
OF-CRDS of single aerosol particles
4 m melamine resin spheres
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Mie = 3.8 10-7 cm2
Exp = 3.2 10-7 cm2
Measurements for multiple particles
• Poisson statistics to treat variance of extinction• Allow for Gaussian intensity profile• Extinction depends on positions of particles in laser beam• Phase of cavity standing wave has further effects
J.L. Miller and AJOE, J. Chem. Phys. 126, 174303 (2007)
Statistics of aerosol extinction
700-nm diameter polystyrene spheres
• From Gaussian beam theory, calculate V = 0.374 cm3
• Mie scattering prediction: ext = (2.970.07) 10-9 cm2
• From fit to data:ext = (2.71 0.05) 10-9 cm2
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Aerosol extinction cross sections
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707 8.5 1.35 0.01 2.71 0.05 2.97 0.07
499 6.5 0.95 0.01 0.485 0.010 0.49 0.01
404 5.9 0.77 0.01 0.15 0.07 0.146 0.004
Conclusions
• Quantitative trace gas sensing in pptv – ppbv range.
• Mid-IR sources (e.g., DFG, QCLs) may improve detection limits for VOCs and other compounds.
• Aerosol optical extinction – quantitative retrieval of optical properties for size-selected particles.
• At higher extinctions, variance of fits to ring-down decays becomes significant.#
• A major challenge is to separate scattering and absorption losses.
# K.K. Lehmann and H. Huang, private communication
AcknowledgementsManik Pradhan Timothy ButlerRoberto Grilli Daniel MellonMd. Aziz Jin Kim
EU Marie Curie Early Stage Training Centre BREATHE
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Differential scattering
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