Development of gas detection sensor using reciprocal injection into ICLs optical sources of medium infrared light

Operation co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)) under the programme Competitiveness Entrepreneurship and Innovation - GR - ERDF/ESF (2014GR16M2OP001), managing authority: Υπουργείο Οικονομίας, Ανάπτυξης και Τουρισμού/ Ειδική Υπηρεσία Διαχείρισης ΕΠ «Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Επιχειρηματικότητα και Καινοτομία». Beneficiary: ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΗ ΗΛΕΚΤΡΙΣΜΟΥ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ. Location: Greece. Budget: total eligible expenditure EUR 340,000, as stated by the source. Runs 2018-05-29 to 2021-05-28. Source: Kohesio, EU cohesion policy projects managed by national and regional authorities (not CORDIS); selected because its summary names quantum technology. Summary from Kohesio (English machine translation by the source): Since many molecules have their spectral signature in the middle infrared, absorption spectroscopy at these wavelengths is a very powerful tool for determining the composition and concentration of constituents of an unknown substance. Thanks to the high quantum performance and the ability to select emission wavelength, the visual sources Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) that were first technologically realised in 1994 have made it possible to spectroscopy coordinate sources and other similar techniques over a wide range of wavelengths in the middle infrared. Although QCLs seem to be the best sources for this application, very recently, so-called interband cascade lasers (ICL) have been dynamically brought into the field of spectroscopy with comparable and in many cases better performance, especially in terms of power consumption. The main object of ILLIAS is to utilise the properties of ICLs in a new absorption spectroscopy scheme first presented in the mid-infrared using QCLs by consortium members. This scheme utilises the properties of two sources that pair each other and switch to the visual locking function. The introduction of an absorption element between the two sources affects the injection rate, alters the stability of the system and can be detected with very high sensitivity. In this way it is possible to achieve a gas sensor of very high resolution and sensitivity. This idea is based on a work by Pan. Athens and Darmstadt Polytechnic participating in ILLIAS in the framework of COST Action (2012-2016) TERA-MIR Radiation: Materials, Generation, Detection and Applications and FP7 CLARITY. ILLIAS is one of the priority Key Enabling Technologies (Kets), with an interdisciplinary character: Optical Technologies – Optical Metrology with applications in intersectoral interventions (projects run by industry).The ILLIAS project will be coordinated on the industry side by the company Nanoplus which produces ICLS and PPC Research and Standards Tests Center, which [shortened; the full text is on the Kohesio page]

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AI-assisted summary: The project focuses on developing a gas detection sensor using reciprocal injection into ICLs optical sources of medium infrared light, co-funded by the EU with a budget of EUR 340,000. It ran from May 29, 2018, to May 28, 2021, in Greece. Suggested technology pillar: sensing. Generated by AI from the public source text; it may contain errors and the original source is authoritative.