Fiber laser intracavity absorption spectroscopy of ammonia and hydrogen cyanide in low pressure hydrocarbon flames

  • A. Goldman
  • , I. Rahinov
  • , S. Cheskis
  • , B. Löhden
  • , S. Wexler
  • , K. Sengstock
  • , V. M. Baev

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Abstract

Fiber laser intracavity spectroscopy (FLICAS) with Er-doped fiber laser has been applied for the first in situ detection of ammonia and hydrogen cyanide in a low pressure (30 Torr) stoichiometric methane/nitrogen/oxygen flame doped with 0.13-1.36% of NH3. High resolution spectra of NH3 and HCN have been recorded in the range of 1.5 μm (6440-6540 cm-1). The minimum detectable concentration of HCN and NH3 at a laser pulse duration of 8 μs and room temperature is 1 × 1013 molecule/cm3. The method can be used for in situ detection of many other molecules in the hostile combustion environment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)147-151
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume423
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 May 2006
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 750/05) and by the James Franck, German-Israeli Binational Program in Laser Matter Interaction. The authors thank Bera Pálsdóttir and Christian Larsen from OFS Fitel, Denmark, for providing us with the Er-doped fiber.

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