In this paper, an all-fiber light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy (LITES) sensor based on hollow-core anti-resonant fiber (HC-ARF) and self-designed low-frequency quartz tuning fork (QTF) is reported for the first time. By utilizing HC-ARF as both the transmission medium and gas chamber, the laser tail fiber was spatially coupled with the HC-ARF, and the end of the HC-ARF was directly guided onto the QTF surface, resulting in an all-fiber structure. This design eliminated the need for lens combinations, thereby enhancing system stability and reducing cost and size. Additionally, a self-designed rectangular-tip QTF with a low resonant frequency of 8.69 kHz was employed to improve the sensor’s detection performance. Acetylene (C2H2), with an absorption line at 6534.37 cm−1 (1.53 μm), was chosen as the target gas. Experimental results clearly demonstrated that the detection performance of the rectangular-tip QTF system was 2.9-fold higher than that of a standard commercial QTF system. Moreover, it exhibited an outstanding linear response to varying C2H2 concentrations, indicating its high sensitivity and reliability in detecting C2H2. The Allan deviation analysis was used to assess the system’s stability, and the results indicated that the system exhibits excellent long-term stability.
A tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) sensor with a highly sensitive dual-component for methane (CH4) and acetylene (C2H2) detection is reported in this paper for the first time. A multi-pass cell (MPC) design model was established employing a vector-based ray-tracing method. A dual-channel MPC with an interlaced dual hexagonal star pattern was designed to improve gas absorption and realize real-time synchronous detection of CH4 and C2H2. During the simultaneous continuous monitoring of CH4 and C2H2, the sensor exhibited an excellent linear response to concentration variations. The minimum detection limit (MDL) for CH4 reached 132.08 ppb, improving to 77.32 ppb when the average time was increased to 300 s. In the case of C2H2, the MDL was measured at 20.19 ppb and further reduced to 3.50 ppb under the same extended average time.