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1 February 2019 Octupole electrode pattern for tuning forks vibrating at the first overtone mode in quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy
A. Elefante, P. Patimisco, A. Sampaolo, M. Giglio, G. Menduni, H. Rossmadl, V. Mackowiak, V. Passaro, Bruno Gross, Alex Cable, F. K. Tittel, V. Spagnolo
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Abstract
We report on a comparison between two quartz tuning forks (QTFs) employed for quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS) having quadrupole and octupole electrode pattern configurations. With respect to the quadrupole, the implementation of the octupole pattern suppresses the fundamental mode and reduces by a factor of ~ 4.4 the electrical resistance for the first overtone mode with negligible variations of the related Q-factors. Both QTFs operating at the first overtone mode were implemented in a QEPAS sensor and the results showed that the octupole configuration provides a ~2.3 signal enhancement factor.
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A. Elefante, P. Patimisco, A. Sampaolo, M. Giglio, G. Menduni, H. Rossmadl, V. Mackowiak, V. Passaro, Bruno Gross, Alex Cable, F. K. Tittel, and V. Spagnolo "Octupole electrode pattern for tuning forks vibrating at the first overtone mode in quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 10926, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XVI, 109262K (1 February 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2507909
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KEYWORDS
Electrodes

Photoacoustic spectroscopy

Absorption

Quartz

Sensors

Resistance

Resonators

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