Sensitive absorption measurements of hydrogen sulfide at 1.578 μm using wavelength modulation spectroscopy

Sensitive detection of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) has been performed by means of wavelength modulation spectroscopy (WMS) near 1.578 μm. With the scan amplitude and the stability of the background baseline taken into account, the response time is 4 s for a 0.8 L multi-pass cell with a 56.7 m effective optical path length. Moreover, the linearity has been tested in the 0-50 ppmv range. The detection limit achievable by the Allan variance is 224 ppb within 24 s under room temperature and ambient pressure conditions. This tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) system for H₂S detection has the feasibility of real-time online monitoring in many applications.