Photoacoustic effect as a liquid absorbance detector

Date
1980-09
Advisor
Instructor
Source Title
Applied Optics
Print ISSN
1559-128X
Electronic ISSN
2155-3165
Publisher
Optical Society of America
Volume
19
Issue
18
Pages
3204 - 3210
Language
English
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Article
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Abstract

A theoretical treatment of the photoacoustic effect for a liquid enclosed in a cylindrical cell is given. Simple analytical expressions for the photoacoustic signal are derived for cw and pulse modulation schemes. Modulation frequency or pulse width dependence of the photoacoustic signal is discussed. For the cw modulation scheme it is found that more photoacoustic power is generated in a resonant cell than a nonresonant cell at the expense of bandwidth reduction. Conditions leading to 1/f dependence of the signal on modulation frequency are given. Experimental results are presented that support the simplified treatments. Eventual sensitivities of various excitation schemes under optimum conditions are calculated.

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Absorption coefficient, Frequency modulated lasers, Laser beams, Laser light, Laser sources, Modulation techniques
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