Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique

An electrical-domain self-adaptive mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy for methane detection based on an interband cascade laser was demonstrated. By adding noise into the laser drive signal, denoising and sensing performances were evaluated for the technique. Experiments were made to study the eff...

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Main Authors: Fang Song, Chuantao Zheng, Wanhong Yan, Wei Lin Ye, Yu Zhang, Yiding Wang, Frank K. Tittel
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Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
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author Fang Song
Chuantao Zheng
Wanhong Yan
Wei Lin Ye
Yu Zhang
Yiding Wang
Frank K. Tittel
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Wanhong Yan
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Yu Zhang
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description An electrical-domain self-adaptive mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy for methane detection based on an interband cascade laser was demonstrated. By adding noise into the laser drive signal, denoising and sensing performances were evaluated for the technique. Experiments were made to study the effects of noise level/type on sensor stability, characterized by Allan deviation. High- and low-frequency noise levels have the same functional variation trend on Allan deviation, which differs from white Gaussian noise. Within a noise level range of 0–125 mV for low- and high-frequency noise and 0–62.5 mV for white Gaussian noise in the mercury–cadmium–telluride detector's output (with a pure signal amplitude of ∼300 mV), the sensor stability using self-adaptive denoising was enhanced by a factor of 1.05–20, 1.32–6.25, and 1.15–3.33 times compared to that using no filtering, for the three kinds of noise, respectively. The reported self-adaptive methane sensor system shows enhanced stability compared to the direct laser absorption spectroscopy sensor using traditional sensing architecture and classic filtering method. The sensor was further evaluated through outdoor atmospheric methane measurements using such technique. A second-order self-adaptive direct laser absorption spectroscopy technique was also proposed for noise suppression in both optical and electrical domain as an outlook of the concept of this paper.
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spelling doaj-art-3a6a36caa5654a9ea6bd349699f5ad8b2025-08-20T03:15:15ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110611210.1109/JPHOT.2018.28823918540868Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy TechniqueFang Song0Chuantao Zheng1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8008-466XWanhong Yan2Wei Lin Ye3Yu Zhang4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-621XYiding Wang5Frank K. Tittel6State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USAState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USAAn electrical-domain self-adaptive mid-infrared absorption spectroscopy for methane detection based on an interband cascade laser was demonstrated. By adding noise into the laser drive signal, denoising and sensing performances were evaluated for the technique. Experiments were made to study the effects of noise level/type on sensor stability, characterized by Allan deviation. High- and low-frequency noise levels have the same functional variation trend on Allan deviation, which differs from white Gaussian noise. Within a noise level range of 0–125 mV for low- and high-frequency noise and 0–62.5 mV for white Gaussian noise in the mercury–cadmium–telluride detector's output (with a pure signal amplitude of ∼300 mV), the sensor stability using self-adaptive denoising was enhanced by a factor of 1.05–20, 1.32–6.25, and 1.15–3.33 times compared to that using no filtering, for the three kinds of noise, respectively. The reported self-adaptive methane sensor system shows enhanced stability compared to the direct laser absorption spectroscopy sensor using traditional sensing architecture and classic filtering method. The sensor was further evaluated through outdoor atmospheric methane measurements using such technique. A second-order self-adaptive direct laser absorption spectroscopy technique was also proposed for noise suppression in both optical and electrical domain as an outlook of the concept of this paper.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8540868/Mid-infraredself-adaptive denoisinglaser absorption spectroscopyinterband cascade laser
spellingShingle Fang Song
Chuantao Zheng
Wanhong Yan
Wei Lin Ye
Yu Zhang
Yiding Wang
Frank K. Tittel
Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
IEEE Photonics Journal
Mid-infrared
self-adaptive denoising
laser absorption spectroscopy
interband cascade laser
title Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
title_full Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
title_fullStr Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
title_full_unstemmed Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
title_short Performance Enhancement of Methane Detection Using a Novel Self-Adaptive Mid-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy Technique
title_sort performance enhancement of methane detection using a novel self adaptive mid infrared absorption spectroscopy technique
topic Mid-infrared
self-adaptive denoising
laser absorption spectroscopy
interband cascade laser
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8540868/
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