Recent advances and applications of external cavity-QCLs towards hyperspectral imaging for standoff detection and real-time spectroscopic sensing of chemicals

R Ostendorf, L Butschek, S Hugger, F Fuchs, Q Yang… - Photonics, 2016 - mdpi.com
External-cavity quantum cascade lasers (EC-QCL) are now established as versatile
wavelength-tunable light sources for analytical spectroscopy in the mid-infrared (MIR) …

Recent trends in laser-based standoff detection of hazardous molecules

LM Narlagiri, MSS Bharati, R Beeram… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
We report here the recent developmental studies in the field of laser-based standoff
detection of hazardous molecules, including explosives. Continuous wave lasers to high …

[HTML][HTML] Swept-wavelength mid-infrared fiber laser for real-time ammonia gas sensing

RI Woodward, MR Majewski, DD Hudson… - APL photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region holds great promise for new laser-based sensing
technologies, based on measuring strong mid-IR molecular absorption features. Practical …

An infrared spectral database for gas-phase quantitation of volatile per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

TJ Baker, RG Tonkyn, CJ Thompson, MK Dunlap… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report the construction of a database of quantitative infrared spectra specifically targeting
volatile fluorocarbon gases that may be emitted during thermal treatment of per-and …

Real-time breath gas analysis of CO and CO2 using an EC-QCL

R Ghorbani, FM Schmidt - Applied Physics B, 2017 - Springer
Real-time breath gas analysis is a promising, non-invasive tool in medical diagnostics, and
well-suited to investigate the physiology of carbon monoxide (CO), a potential biomarker for …

PFAS remediation: Evaluating the infrared spectra of complex gaseous mixtures to determine the efficacy of thermal decomposition of PFAS

KD Hughey, NB Gallagher, Y Zhao, N Thakur… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to their widespread production and known environmental contamination, the need for
the detection and remediation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has grown …

[HTML][HTML] Urban open-air chemical sensing using a mobile quantum cascade laser dual-comb spectrometer

J Westberg, CC Teng, Y Chen, J Liu, L Patrick, L Shen… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Detection of airborne chemical releases in densely populated urban environments requires
precise sensors with high temporal and spatial resolution capable of covering large areas …

[BOK][B] Laser-based optical detection of explosives

PM Pellegrino, EL Holthoff, ME Farrell - 2018 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Laser-Based Optical Detection of Explosives offers a comprehensive review of past, present,
and emerging laser-based methods for the detection of a variety of explosives. This book …

Synthesizing gas-filled anti-resonant hollow-core fiber Raman lines enables access to the molecular fingerprint region

Y Wang, L Hong, C Zhang, J Wahlen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The synthesis of multiple narrow optical spectral lines, precisely and independently tuned
across the near-to mid-infrared region, is a pivotal research area that enables selective and …

Broadband mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator for dynamic high-temperature multi-species measurements in reacting systems

ZE Loparo, E Ninnemann, Q Ru, KL Vodopyanov… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate time-resolved simultaneous measurements of multiple hydrocarbons in
high-temperature reacting and non-reacting mixtures using a broadband (instantaneous …