[HTML][HTML] Compact methane sensor using an integrating sphere and interband cascade laser at 3313 nm

NM Davis, D Francis, J Hodgkinson… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a sensor for gas detection utilising an integrating sphere and interband cascade
laser for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). Measurements were made …

Backscattering properties of topographic targets in the visible, shortwave infrared, and mid-infrared spectral ranges for hard-target lidars

R Basistyy, A Genoud, B Thomas - Applied optics, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Hard-target lidars rely on the reflectivity and backscattering properties of topographic targets,
which are rather difficult to evaluate, resulting in uncertainties when assessing the …

Measuring the absorption coefficient of optical materials with arbitrary shape or distribution within an integrating sphere

JC Martinez Anton, AG Manzanares… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The absorption coefficient of a material is classically determined by measuring the
transmittance of a homogeneous sample contained within flat optical faces and under …

Investigating the relation between absorption and gas concentration in gas detection using a diffuse integrating cavity

X Zhou, J Yu, L Wang, Z Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The current work provides twofold benefits on using a diffuse
integrating cavity as a gas cell:(1) Understand the non-linear relation between absorption …

Effective optical path length measurement of integrating cavity using time-resolved spectroscopy and tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

X Zhou, H Li, P Hu - The European Physical Journal Applied Physics, 2022 - epjap.epj.org
Integrating cavities are commonly used in trace gas detection and weak absorption
measurement. The effective path length (L) is an important index for evaluating the ability to …

Ratiometric pathlength calibration of integrating sphere-based absorption cells

S Bergin, J Hodgkinson, D Francis, RP Tatam - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Chemical sensors based on optical absorption require accurate knowledge of the optical
pathlength of the sample cell. Integrating spheres offer increased pathlengths compared to …

In-situ pathlength calibration of integrating spheres used in measurement of absorbance

J Hodgkinson, S Bergin, D Francis… - Optical Sensing and …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
When used as samples cells for optical absorbance measurements, integrating spheres
offer increased pathlengths compared to single pass cells combined with tolerance to …