title: Calibration-free wavelength-modulation spectroscopy based on a swiftly determined wavelength-modulation frequency response function of a DFB laser.
abstract: A methodology for calibration-free wavelength modulation spectroscopy (CF-WMS) that is based upon an extensive empirical description of the wavelength-modulation frequency response (WMFR) of DFB laser is presented. An assessment of the WMFR of a DFB laser by the use of an etalon confirms that it consists of two parts: a 1st harmonic component with an amplitude that is linear with the sweep and a nonlinear 2nd harmonic component with a constant amplitude. Simulations show that, among the various factors that affect the line shape of a background-subtracted peak-normalized 2f signal, such as concentration, phase shifts between intensity modulation and frequency modulation, and WMFR, only the last factor has a decisive impact. Based on this and to avoid the impractical use of an etalon, a novel method to pre-determine the parameters of the WMFR by fitting to a background-subtracted peak-normalized 2f signal has been developed. The accuracy of the new scheme to determine the WMFR is demonstrated and compared with that of conventional methods in CF-WMS by detection of trace acetylene. The results show that the new method provides a four times smaller fitting error than the conventional methods and retrieves concentration more accurately.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Jiajia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Weiguang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhixin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wangbao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Liantuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Axner
authors.forename: Suotang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jia