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¹State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing 210016, China.

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Spectroscopy
Sensor Technology

Background:

Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) is a sensitive technique for gas detection.
Existing PAS systems can be limited by sensitivity and detection limits.
Microphone arrays offer potential for signal enhancement in acoustic sensing.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel waveguide ring-array photoacoustic cell (PAC) module.
To enhance trace gas detection capabilities using multimicrophone signal enhancement.
To assess the performance of the PAC module with different light sources and target gases.

Main Methods:

Simulated vibrational characteristics of the PAC in superimposed and self-differential modes.
Experimental evaluation using a distributed feedback (DFB) laser and a laser diode (LD).
Detection of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as target analytes.

Main Results:

The superimposed signal from eight MEMS microphones improved minimum detection limit (MDL) by 60-70% and sensitivity by nearly 8-fold.
Achieved MDLs of 1.43 ppm for NH3 and 33 ppb for NO2.
The self-differential mode demonstrated effective common-mode noise rejection.

Conclusions:

The developed PAC module offers significant improvements in trace gas detection performance.
The compact, low-cost module shows potential for enhancing commercial PAS systems.
Multimicrophone signal enhancement is a viable strategy for improving PAS sensitivity and detection limits.