Develop a Diode Laser Spectroscopy System for Continuous Monitoring of Certain Gases in the Expire Air and Blood with a High Degree of Accuracy.

Abstract

Development of a monitor prototype to accurately measure medical gases such as O2 and CO2 content in the expired air is the objective of this program. By using the frequency modulation spectroscopy technique, we have fabricated a diode laser based sensor prototype for measuring O2 content in different concentration gas mixtures and the expired air. The prototype provides the good detection accuracy and signal-to-noise ratio. For an application purpose of breath-by-breath oxygen content monitoring, the death volume of the gas cell in the current sensor is still big and the related sample replacement time is still relatively long. The single board lock-in amplifier has to be improved. Further modifications on the lock-in amplifier and the gas cell are underway.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA302219

Entities

People

  • Jiamin Zhang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Amplifiers
  • Cells
  • Detectors
  • Frequency Modulation
  • Gas Cells
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Modulation
  • Monitoring
  • Prototypes
  • Spectroscopy

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  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers