terahertz gas sensor

In this work, a highly sensitive gas sensor in the terahertz frequencies by exciting surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of graphene is proposed. The. results show that the proposed SPR gas sensor has ...

6/9/2019· An Integrated Photoacoustic Terahertz Gas Sensor. Abstract: An onchip gas detector that transduces absorbed terahertz light to a mechanical motion using photoacoustics is proposed. The silicon chip confines light in an optical cavity, wherein an acoustomechanical cavity is housed. The concentration of a trace gas can be determined from the ...

This opens the possibility to identify individual gases by their terahertz “fingerprint”. Whilst gas sensing works in the nearinfrared part of the spectrum, too, available lasers offer a limited tuning range, and each gas species may require an individual laser setup.

6/12/2017· In this paper, a highly sensitive gas sensor in the terahertz frequencies by exciting surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of graphene is proposed. The results show that the proposed SPR gas sensor has high stability and high sensitivity (S), and the highest Smax (~147°/RIU) has been obtained by optimizing the Fermi energy, the thickness of the dielectric layer, and the incident light frequency.

19/2/2019· Terahertz (THz) wave propagation in the layered media is presented based on the waveguide and artificialmaterial configurations to sense the gas molecules. The single dielectric layer with a cylindrical conformation works as a pipe waveguide in the wave frequency of –1 THz. For a longdistance propagation over 10 cm of the pipe, resonant modes are characterized from the …

A typical THzTDS gas sensing setup is shown in Fig. 1. Pioneered in the late 1980s by groups at Bell Laboratories [3] and IBM’s Watson Research Center [23], this system relies on an ultrafast laser system, producing a train of optical (usually nearinfrared) pulses, of ˇ100fs (10−13 s) duration.

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Gas sensing Recent developments in terahertz technologies has enabled the detection of various gases in the ambient atmosphere, leading to interest in THz gas detection and monitoring, and a growing awareness of its advantages. Environmental monitoring THz technology can be used for:

A compact, inexpensive, low loss, highly sensitive gas sensor is important for various biomedical and industrial applications. However, current gas sensors still have an inadequate study in terahertz (THz) frequency range. In this study, simple multilayerstacked microporous polymer membranes are experimentally validated in the THz regime for organic vapor sensing under ambient atmosphere and ...

It was demonstrated that broadband THz wave detection using gas plasma as the sensor was valid, and showed a superior bandwidth covering the entire THz gap and well beyond, as well as a large ...

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20/11/2018· The influence of humidity in affecting the terahertz gas sensing is also discussed and demonstrated. Abstract The photon energies corresponding to the pure rotational transitions of small polar compounds fall into the terahertz regime, which suggests a high potential of terahertz technology in gas detection, particularly for toxic gases.

3/6/2011· The terahertz (THz) spectral region, covering frequencies from 1 to 10 THz, is highly interesting for chemical sensing. The energy of rotational and vibrational transitions of molecules lies within this frequency range. Therefore, chemical fingerprints can be derived, allowing for a simple detection scheme.

THz detects cold matter (140 K or less), such as clouds of gas and dust in our and nearby galaxies. New stars beginning to form radiate heat as they contract and are clearly seen in the THz range. Stars invisible in a dense cloud of dust appear as very bright stripe in the THz image because they heat the dust that glows in farinfrared

Answer (1 of 3): Since other two answers have mainly described incoherent detectors, I will take up the job of describing how coherent terahertz sensing/detection is done. Incoherent sensors suffer from poor signal to noise ratios due to dc noise. Coherent sensors make use of the modulation schem...