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Characterization of strongly scattering nanoporous materials as miniaturized multipass cell for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

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Through the confinement of gas in nanoporous materials, it is possible to significantly increase the path length for light–gas interaction. This enables the observation of much stronger absorption features for the confined gas molecules. In this work, we systematically characterized a variety of disordered strongly scattering ZrO\(_2\) and Al\(_2\)O\(_3\) nanoporous ceramic materials to exploit the potential of gas in scattering media absorption spectroscopy. As a result, we identified a material with an unprecedented performance in terms of optical path length enhancement. In ZrO\(_2\) with thicknesses above 6 mm, the path enhancement exceeds 1000. The results obtained with near-infrared absorption spectroscopy on oxygen were validated by time-of-flight measurements at 700 nm, thus demonstrating their robustness. Finally, we report quantitative oxygen concentration measurement using nanoporous materials as miniaturized random-scattering multipass cell with an extremely simple and low-cost setup.

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  1. Institute of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Technikumstrasse 9, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland

    F. Venturini, V. Schönherr & J. M. Rey

  2. Ceramic Materials, SWEREA IVF, Box 104, 431 22, Mölndal, Sweden

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This article is part of the topical collection “Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research” guest edited by Francesco D’Amato, Erik Kerstel, and Alan Fried.

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Venturini, F., Schönherr, V., Rey, J.M. et al. Characterization of strongly scattering nanoporous materials as miniaturized multipass cell for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. B 123, 136 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6705-z

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