Sensitive measurements of stable carbon isotopes of CO2 with wavelength modulation spectroscopy near 2 μm

Applied Physics B - Tập 105 - Trang 463-469 - 2011
K. Tanaka1,2, K. Tonokura1,2
1Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Tóm tắt

We performed highly sensitive measurements of stable carbon isotopes of CO2 using wavelength modulation spectroscopy with a distributed feedback laser diode in the 2-μm wavelength range. Ro-vibrational transitions, which belong to the different combination bands, were selected to measure the 13CO2/12CO2 carbon isotope ratio. The δ 13C value was determined through the signals obtained in a Herriott-type multipass cell with an optical path length of 29.9 m. The limit of detection for CO2 using our measurement system was 16±1 parts per billion by volume at the strongest absorption peak that is assigned to the 2ν 1+ν 3 R(16) line within the laser emitting frequency region. The 10-h long term precision was a δ 13C standard deviation of 0.24‰ (1σ) with the best suited line pairs of 12CO2 and 13CO2 and with careful temperature and pressure control in the cell. The 3-min response and high precision of this measurement allows for precise continuous measurements of stable carbon isotopes in ambient CO2.

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