The ultimate detection limits based on gas absorption detection techniques are always of interest to researchers. Regardless of the detection limits established by various systems, gas absorption itself has an unbreakable constraint, namely the inherent limit (IL), which refers to the theoretical limit when only one gas molecule can participate in the absorption in the lower-state level. When the number of molecules in the lower-state is extended to n, the number of molecules of the absorbed species on effective optical path is considered as n·IL. This phenomenon is interpreted as the absorption quantization, and IL is considered as the smallest unit of quantization. The IL obtained by establishing a certain theoretical analysis can be determined under a definite detection conditions, such as absorbed species, specific absorption transition, temperature. The R(76) line near 2390.522470 cm-1 of CO2 and P(7) line near 2115.628975 cm-1 of CO are chosen to explore IL at different temperatures and corresponding absorption. Furthermore, a constructive method has been proposed to change the IL.
The recent research progress of the Shandong University research group on the performance improvement of tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) fiber gas sensor is presented in this paper. The artificial absorption peak technology and the balanced ratiometric detector (BRD) technology are developed to improve the resolution of the TDLAS fiber optical gas sensor. The method for eliminating background absorption interference, the reliability study and the elimination technology of the residual amplitude modulation (RAM) are studied to improve the accuracy of the TDLAS fiber optical gas sensor. We will continue to conduct the next investigation and research in this field on the basis of existing theories and technologies.
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