Bj. Schattka et Km. Gough, RESONANCE CELL DESIGN FOR GAS-PHASE PHOTOACOUSTIC-SPECTROSCOPY, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL SCIENCES AND SPECTROSCOPY, 42(2), 1997, pp. 35-40
Photoacoustic intracavity cell designs and characteristics, and the re
lative merits of resonant versus nonresonant cells are discussed. Sign
al enhancement with a novel cell design which halves the chopping freq
uency required to achieve longitudinal resonance has been examined. Re
sults are presented that illustrate the dependence of the photoacousti
c signal on cell pressure in the range of 50 to 700 Torr: In contrast
to non-resonant cells, linear dependence of signal on pressure was obs
erved with the resonant cell.