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  • Applied Spectroscopy
  • Vol. 62,
  • Issue 12,
  • pp. 1349-1353
  • (2008)

Sensing of Water Dissolved in Solvents Using a 5.629 μm Multimode Quantum Cascade Laser

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Abstract

We report herein the detection of liquid water dissolved in a variety of solvents using a thermoelectrically cooled, pulsed, Fabry–Perot quantum cascade laser, operating at 5.629 μm at room temperature. The prototype sensor system consisted of the laser, a series of off-axis parabolic mirrors, and two mercury cadmium telluride detectors. When applied to the detection of water in tetrahydrofurane, a limit of detection of 0.85 parts per million was achieved. It is envisaged that such a sensor would be well suited to process control applications within the pharmaceuticals industry.

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