Over 200 referred journal articles, application notes & white papers using DRS Daylight Solutions’ QCL-based technologies

Over the past few years, quantum cascade lasers (QCL) have evolved from scientific curiosities to enablers of commercial instruments, providing sensing, detection, and molecular spectroscopy. Here you’ll find discussions ranging from the basic physics of QCL core technology to system level applications. Topics include stand-off explosive detection, distributed sensor networks, trace gas analysis, ring resonators and waveguides, as well as in vitro glucose detection, and mid-IR imaging. Feel free to review and download information of interest from this growing pool of resources.

If you would like to share your work in mid-IR quantum cascade lasers with others, please send a pdf of your paper or provide a link to [email protected]. We would be pleased to add it to our site for the benefit of all.

To sort the papers below, you can sort by product or application. You can also search if you need something specific.

Scientific Research Paper Title Authors Journal Application Product Year
Small microplastics and microfibers found in high concentrations around Kantamanto, the world’s largest secondhand textile market in Accra, Ghana: A citizen science study Dimitri D. Deheyn , Joe Ayesu , The Or Foundation, Branson Skinner Environmental Advances/ doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2026.100711 Microplastics Spero 2026
Generation of continuous-wave 1–11 THz radiation with intersubband polaritonic metasurfaces J. H. Krakofsky , M. Rieder , S. Stich, S. Schmid, I. Lubianskii, G. Böhm, A. Köninger & M. A. Belkin Nature Photonics / doi.org/10.1038/s41566-026-01889-0 QCL Technology, Terahertz MIRcat 2026
A functional amyloid matrix underpins the PDIM-architected corded superstructure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilm Bei Shi Lee, Matthias Godejohann, Flavia Gürtler,1 Abigail J. Deloria, Mengyang Liu, Rainer Leitgeb, Wolfgang Drexler, Michael Berney, and Richard Haindl bioRXiv/ doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.07.687260 Chemical Imaging, Biomedical Spero 2026
An IR-transparent EWOD digital microfluidic platform for real-time vibrational spectroscopic monitoring and in situ process imaging Sebastian Fehse, Ben Ungermann, Anish Das, Detlev Belder Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical / doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2026.139702 Chemical Imaging, Sensors, Analyzers & Spectrometers, Microfluidics Spero 2026
Label-free Aβ plaque detection in Alzheimer’s disease brain tissue using infrared microscopy and neural networks Dajana Müller, Dominik Röhr, Baayla D.C. Boon, Maximilian Wulf, Thomas Arto, Jeroen J.M. Hoozemans, Katrin Marcus, Annemieke J.M. Rozemuller, Frederik Großerueschkamp, Axel Mosig, Klaus Gerwert Heliyon 11 (2025) e42111 Tissue Analysis Spero 2025
Mid-Infrared Photothermal Spectroscopy for the Detection of Caffeine in Beverages Giovanna Ricchiuti, Lisa Riedlsperger, Alicja Dabrowska, Erwin Rosenberg, Liam O'Faolain and Bernhard Lendl Sensors / DOI: 10.3390/s24061974 Sensors, Analyzers & Spectrometers MIRcat 2024
Setup and Analysis of a Mid-Infrared Stand-Off System to Detect Traces of Explosives on Fabrics Andrea Teuber, Giada Caniglia, Michael Wild, Matthias Godejohann, Christine Kranz, and Boris Mizaikoff ACS Sensors / DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c01841 Sensors, Analyzers & Spectrometers MIRcat 2023
Mid-IR quantum cascade laser spectroscopy to resolve lipid dynamics during the photocycle of bacteriorhodopsin Paul Stritt, Michael Jawurek, Karin Hauser J Chem Phys / DOI: 10.1063/5.0139808. Sensors, Analyzers & Spectrometers, Biomedical MIRcat 2023
Probing the micro- and nanoscopic properties of dental materials using infrared spectroscopy: A proof-of-principle study Max Beddoe, Thorsten Golz, Martin Barkey, Enrico Bau, Matthias Godejohann, Stefan A. Maier, Fritz Keilmann, Marioara Moldovan, Doina Prodan, Nicoleta Ilie, Andreas Tittl Acta Biomaterialia / DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.07.017 Chemical Imaging Spero 2023
Label-free analytic histology of carotid atherosclerosis by mid-infrared optoacoustic microscopy Mirjam Visscher, Miguel A. Pleitez, Kim Van Gaalen, Ingeborg M. Nieuwenhuizen-Bakker, Vasilis Ntziachristos, and Gijs Van Soesta Photoacoustics / DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100354. Tissue Analysis, Chemical Imaging, Biomedical MIRcat, Spero 2023

Results per page: