New Frequency Comb Lasers
Frequency Combs Lasers are now available centered around 6.02 μm, in the amine band, in addition to previously available comb lasers available around 7.95 μm. You can more details in this Optics Express paper as well as in this a sample datasheet.
Gas Sensing aboard drones
The small size and weight of quantum cascade lasers (only ~100 g for HHL housings) make them ideal candidates for integration into remote sensing devices. In this paper published by EMPA an Alpes QCL emitting at 7.83 μm is integrated into a hexacopter drone, achieving a methane concentration measurement with a precision of 0.1 ppb. The system was flown […]
Hydroptics project kick-off
Neuchâtel (Switzerland). EU funded project “Photonics sensing platform for process optimisation in the oil industry”, in short HYDROPTICS, had its official kick-off meeting on the 5thDecember 2019. The projects goal is to increase the competitiveness of the EU oil industry sector, by providing high-accuracy oil-in-water analyzer based on state of the art mid-IR light sources and […]
