Spectroscopic method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5913234
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08954466

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A method and apparatus for determining the concentration of a substance of interest by gas-coupled photoacoustic spectroscopy (GC-PAS) with an essentially monochromatic beam of radiation in an optical portion of the electromagnetic spectrum; the radiation is selected so as to be absorbed by the substance of interest and the beam is modulated at a sonic frequency which is sufficiently high for generating a primary signal that depends upon the absorption coefficient of the substance of interest as well as upon parameters of operating the method; in order to compensate for these operating parameters, the beam is additionally modulated at a sonic frequency which is sufficiently low for generating a secondary signal which does not depend upon the absorption coefficient of the substance of interest, but, depends only upon parameters of operating the method; a ratio of the first and the second signal is obtained to generate a compensated signal for determining the concentration of the substance of interest.

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ORBISPHERE LABORATORIES NEUCHATEL S A20 RUE DU PUITS-GODET 2000 NEUCHATEL

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Gisin, Nicolas Geneva, CH 13 230
Julliard, Karin Lausanne, CH 3 37
Pellaux, Jean-Paul Geneva, CH 7 164

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