Infrared microcalorimetric spectroscopy using uncooled thermal detectors

Panos G. Datskos; Slobodan Rajic; Irene Datskou; Charles M. Egert

doi:10.1117/12.283834

31 October 1997 Infrared microcalorimetric spectroscopy using uncooled thermal detectors

Panos G. Datskos, Slobodan Rajic, Irene Datskou, Charles M. Egert

Proceedings Volume 3118, Imaging Spectrometry III; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283834
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have investigated a novel IR microcalorimetric spectroscopy technique that can be used to detect the presence of trace amounts of target molecules. The chemical detection is accomplished by obtaining the IR photothermal spectra of molecules absorbed on the surface of an uncooled thermal detector. Traditional gravimetric based chemical detectors require highly selective coatings to achieve chemical specificity. In contrast, IR microcalorimetric based detection requires only moderately specific coatings since the specificity is a consequence of the photothermal spectrum. We have obtained IR photothermal spectra for trace concentrations of chemical analytes including diisopropyl methylphosphonate (DIMP), 2-mercaptoethanol and trinitrotoluene (TNT) over the wavelength region 2.5 to 14.5 micrometers . We found that in the wavelength region 2.5 to 14.5 micrometers DIMP exhibits two strong photothermal peaks. The photothermal spectra of 2-mercaptoethanol and TNT exhibit a number of peaks in the wavelength region 2.5 to 14.5 micrometers and the photothermal peaks for 2-mercaptoethanol are in excellent agreement with IR absorption peaks present in its IR spectrum. The photothermal response of chemical detectors based on microcalorimetric spectroscopy has been found to vary reproducibly and sensitively as a consequence of adsorption of small number of molecules on a detector surface followed by photon irradiation and can be used for improved chemical characterization.

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Panos G. Datskos, Slobodan Rajic, Irene Datskou, and Charles M. Egert "Infrared microcalorimetric spectroscopy using uncooled thermal detectors", Proc. SPIE 3118, Imaging Spectrometry III, (31 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283834

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