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Recently introduced cantilever enhanced photoacoustic sensing has been applied to the tunable diode laser-based trace gas detection. The pressure variations due to the photoacoustic signal are detected with a miniature silicon cantilever, whose displacement is measured with a compact Michelson type laser interferometer. The system has been used to detect carbon dioxide (CO2) at 1572 nm with a distributed feedback diode laser. With a new photoacoustic cell, that was optimized for the laser sources, a normalized noise equivalent sensitivity of 1.7×10-10 cm-1W/\(\sqrt{Hz}\) at atmospheric pressure was realized. The result obtained in the non-resonant operation mode is at least 10 times better than in previous reports. The future improvements of the technique are also discussed.
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Koskinen, V., Fonsen, J., Roth, K. et al. Cantilever enhanced photoacoustic detection of carbon dioxide using a tunable diode laser source. Appl. Phys. B 86, 451–454 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2560-z
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