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.

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Scientific Research Paper Title Authors Journal Application Product Year
Effect of Hydrophobic Interactions on the Folding Mechanism of β-Hairpins Alexander Popp, Timothy A. Kiederling, Karin Hauser The Journal of Physical Chemistry B / DOI: 10.1021/jp506658x Time Resolved, Biomedical, Protein Analysis EC-QCL, Hedgehog, Pulsed Tunable Laser 2017
Microfluidic cantilever detects bacteria and measures their susceptibility to antibiotics in small confined volumes Hashem Etayash, M. F. Khan, Kamaljit Kaur, Thomas Thundat Nature Communications/ DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12947 Biomedical, Microfluidics MIRcat 2017
Multi-modal characterization of nanogram amounts of photosensitive polymer Seonghwan Kim, Dongkyu Lee, Minhyuk Yun, Namchul Jung, Sangmin Jeon, Thomas Thundat Applied Physics Letters 102, 024103 Nanoscale MIRcat 2017
Infrared hyperspectral imaging using a broadly tunable external cavity quantum cascade laser and microbolometer focal plane array Mark C. Phillips, Nicolas Ho Optics Express 1836, Vol. 16, No. 3 Standoff Detection EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Investigation of Standoff Explosives Detection via Photothermal/Photoacoustic Interferometry Pak S. Cho, Robert M. Jones, Timothy Shuman, Daniel Scoglietti, Geof Harston Standoff Detection EC-QCL, Hedgehog, Pulsed Tunable Laser 2017
Quantum cascade laser-based substance detection: approaching the quantum noise limit Peter C. Kuffner, Kathryn J. Conroy, Toby K. Boyson, Greg Milford, Mohamed A. Mabrok, Abhijit G. Kallapur, Ian R. Petersen, Maria E. Calzada, Thomas G. Spence, Kennith P. Kirkbride, Charles C. Harb Standoff Detection MCT Detector 2017
Absorption and wavelength modulation spectroscopy of NO2 using a tunable, external cavity continuous wave quantum cascade laser Gottipaty N. Rao, Andreas Karpf Applied Optics / Vol. 48, No. 2 Environmental Monitoring EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
High sensitivity detection of NO2 employing cavity ringdown spectroscopy and an external cavity continuously tunable quantum cascade laser Gottipaty N. Rao, Andreas Karpf Applied Optics / Vol. 49, No. 26 Environmental Monitoring EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Mid-IR laser-based sensor for hydrogen peroxide detection Nancy P. Sanchez, Yajun Yu, Lei Dong, Robert J. Griffin, and Frank K. Tittel SPIE Newsroom DOI: 10.1117/2.1201601.006295 Environmental Monitoring EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Stability of widely tunable, continuous wave external-cavity quantum cascade laser for absorption spectroscopy Vasili L. Kasyutich, R.K. Raja Ibrahim, Philip A. Martin Infrared Physics and Technology DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2010.07.004 QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017

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