Ultra-sensitive, real-time trace gas detection using a high-power, multi-mode semiconductor laser and cavity ringdown spectroscopy

G Rao, A Karpf - US Patent App. 15/960,315, 2018 - Google Patents
A highly sensitive trace gas sensor based on Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy (CRDS)
makes use of a high power, multi-mode Fabry-Perot (FP) semiconductor laser with a broad …

Method of increasing power within an optical cavity with long path lengths

JB Leen, NE Bramall - US Patent 9,915,562, 2018 - Google Patents
A cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy instrument has an optical cavity with two or
more cavity mirrors, one mirror of which having a hole or other aperture for injecting a light …

Methods and systems to analyze a gas-mixture

R Sharma, C Mitra, V Tilak - US Patent 10,094,781, 2018 - Google Patents
A system is presented. The system includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured
to generate a mode-matched electromagnetic radiation that irradiates a gas-mixture filled in …

Methods and systems to analyze a gas-mixture

R Sharma, C Mitra, V Tilak - US Patent 10,495,578, 2019 - Google Patents
A system is presented. The system includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured
to generate a mode matched electromagnetic radiation that irradiates a gas mixture filled in …

Field sampling system and method of using

JMC Hargrove - US Patent 11,493,409, 2022 - Google Patents
A sampling device comprising a filter to remove particulates greater than about 10 microns,
a dryer active to remove water vapor present in the air sample, a chemical scrubber active to …

In-liquid plasma devices and methods of use thereof

MS Cha, AB Hamdan - US Patent 10,499,486, 2019 - Google Patents
Devices and methods for generating a plasma in a liquid are provided. A low-dielectric
material can be placed in contact with the liquid to form an interface a distance from an …

Detecting a hardware failure using optical absorption spectroscopy

SH Mazumder, MK Sethia, A Behera - US Patent 12,159,516, 2024 - freepatentsonline.com
A computing chip may comprise a memory that stores a machine-learning model. an optical
absorption spectroscopy component, and one or more processors operably coupled to the …

Self-aligned high finesse optical sensor cell

K Pickrell, CA Odame-Ankrah… - US Patent 11,674,888, 2023 - Google Patents
Cavity enhanced spectroscopic technologies, typically Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy
(CRDS) and its variations, are robust technologies for measuring gas phase target molecule …

Method and measurement system for determining foreign gases in ethylene

A Popescu, T Hörner - US Patent 11,169,087, 2021 - Google Patents
Method and system in which, in order to determine foreign gases in ethylene with a degree
of purity up to greater than 99%, a sample 2 of the ethylene in a measuring cell 1 is …

Fluorescence lifetime sensor module and method of determining a fluorescence lifetime using a sensor module

M Münzer - US Patent 10,871,448, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A fluorescence lifetime sensor module comprises an opaque housing
having a first chamber and a second chamber which are separated by a light barrier. An …