This paper discusses the precise measurement of NO
2 concentrations in a sampled gas mixture using laser absorption spectroscopy. Pressurized NO
2/N
2 gas with known NO
2 concentrations were used as sample gas mixtures. A frequency doubled Nd: YAG laser and mid-infrared (MIR) coherent light, using difference frequency generation techniques, were used to examine optical absorption by NO
2. A relatively small change in temperature (
ΔT-3K) at the optical multipass cell was found to vary the optical depth, particularly in a high concentration of NO
2 mixture. This change is likely caused by a non-equilibrium dimerization effect between NO
2 and N
2O
4 induced by the transient temperature non-uniformity of the gas mixture. Theoretical calculations and spectroscopic analysis suggest that careful consideration needs to be given to the stabilization of optical cell temperature, which is required to calibrate the laser absorption spectroscopic system for precise measurements of NO
2 concentration.
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