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A novel bioinspired off-axis integrated cavity (OAIC) reduces noise and improves gas exchange for enhanced spectroscopy. This bacterial flagellum-inspired design achieves a 2.54x lower noise level and a 34.4 ppt detection limit.

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  • Spectroscopy
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Bioinspired Engineering

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  • Traditional off-axis integrated cavities (OAICs) suffer from mode interference noise and slow gas exchange due to nonuniform airflow.
  • Large inside airflow fluctuations in conventional OAICs hinder precise gas detection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a bioinspired mode-noise suppressed OAIC that mimics bacterial flagella to overcome limitations of traditional OAICs.
  • To enhance cavity-enhanced spectroscopy by integrating bioinspired design principles for improved performance.

Main Methods:

  • Redesigned gas inlets into bioinspired tangential inlets to create a rotating flow, similar to bacterial flagella.
  • Employed multiobjective optimization using a genetic algorithm to fine-tune OAIC parameters for uniform fluid dynamics.
  • Utilized cavity-enhanced spectroscopy for gas detection and Allan deviation analysis for performance evaluation.

Main Results:

  • The bioinspired OAIC maintained stable performance across a 200-1500 sccm flow range without significant concentration fluctuations.
  • Achieved a 2.54-fold reduction in optical mode-noise level at 800 sccm and shortened complete gas exchange time to 12 seconds.
  • Demonstrated a detection limit of 34.4 parts-per-trillion (ppt) with an average time of 13.5 seconds, indicating high sensitivity and stability.

Conclusions:

  • The bioinspired OAIC design effectively suppresses airflow fluctuations and minimizes mode noise, enabling long-term stability in high-airflow gas detection.
  • This bioinspired approach offers a promising strategy for improving resonant cavity performance in fluid measurements.
  • The design concept is adaptable for fabricating other resonant cavities used in various fluid measurement applications.