The present application relates to the field of
spectral analysis, and relates to an absorption
spectrometer and a direct measurement method of absorption
light intensity. The present application provides an absorption
spectrometer which can directly measure absorption
light intensity. The absorption
spectrometer comprises a
light source assembly, a sample
cell, a semi-transparent mirror and a
light detector. The absorption spectrometer also provides a direct measurement method of absorption
light intensity. In the front light path of two coherent lights, a same sample
cell is placed in each light path. The
optical path of one light is adjusted until the output of the
light detector included in the absorption spectrometer is minimum. Then, a sample to be measured is added to one sample
cell, and a blank solution is added to the other sample cell. At this time, the
light detector measures the intensity of the remaining light which is not completely cancelled after the convergence of the two lights, i.e. the intensity of the light absorbed by the sample to be measured, i.e. the absorption light intensity. The absorption spectrometer provided by the present application detects absorption light intensity, while the traditional absorption spectrometer detects
absorbance. Changing the detection of
absorbance to the detection of absorption light intensity can avoid the
quantum noise of a large
signal from drowning out a
weak signal, thereby greatly improving the detection sensitivity of the absorption spectrometer.