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
Application of quantum cascade lasers to trace gas analysis A. Kosterev, G. Wysocki, Y. Bakhirkin, S. So, R. Lewicki, M. Fraser, F. Tittel, R. F. Curl Appl. Phys. B 90, 165-176 DOI: 10.1007/s00340-007-2846-9 Gas/Liquid Phase Analysis, QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Direct and wavelength modulation spectroscopy using a cw external cavity quantum cascade laser G. Hancock, J. H. van Helden, R. Peverall, G. A. D. Ritchie, and R. J. Walker Applied Physics Letters 94, 201110 QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Application Note: Continuous tuning of a Daylight Solutions 6.06 µm cw Ecqcl™ without loss of coverage due to mode hops via sequential scans at different laser head temperatures. Gary Douberly QCL Technology EC-QCL, CW/ mode-hop-free 2017
Utilizing broad gain bandwidth in quantum cascade devices Miles J. Weida, David Caffey, Jeremy Rowlette, David F. Arnone, Timothy Day Optical Engineering Vol. 49(11) QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
QEPAS detector for rapid spectral measurements A.A. Kosterev, P.R. Buerki, L. Dong, M. Reed, T. Day, F.K. Tittel Appl Phys B DOI 10.1007/s00340-010-3975-0 Gas/Liquid Phase Analysis, QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
Performance characteristics of a continuous-wave compact widely tunable external cavity interband cascade lasers David Caffey, Timothy Day, Chul Soo Kim, Mijin Kim, Igor Vurgaftman, William W. Bewley, J. Ryan Lindle, Chadwick L. Canedy, Joshua Abell, Jerry R. Meyer Vol. 18, No. 15/ Optics Express QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog 2017
NO trace gas sensor based on quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy and external cavity quantum cascade laser V. Spagnolo, A.A. Kosterev, L. Dong, R. Lewicki, F.K. Tittel Appl Phys B (2010) 100: 125-130 DOI 10.1007/s00340-010-3984-z QCL Technology EC-QCL, Hedgehog, MHF 2017
Quantum Cascade lasers in chemical physics Robert F. Curl, Federico Capasso, Claire Gmachl, Anatoliy A. Kosterev, Barry McManus, Rafal Lewicki, Michael Pusharsky, Gerard Wyscoki, Frank K. Tittel Chemical Physics Letters doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.073 QCL Technology 2017
Nanoscale chemical imaging by photoinduced forced microscopy Derek Nowak, William Morrison, H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, Junghoon Jahng, Eric Potma, Lei Wan, Ricardo Ruiz, Thomas R. Albrecht, Kristin Schmidt, Jane Frommer, Daniel P. Sanders, Sung Park Sci. Adv. 2, e1501571 Nanoscale 2017
Standoff detection of trace explosives via resonant infrared photothermal imaging R. Furstenberg, C. A. Kendziora, J. Stepnowski, S. V. Stepnowski, M. Rake, M. R. Papantonakis, V. Nguyen, G. K. Hubler, R. A. McGill Appl. Phys. Letters 93, 224103 Standoff Detection EC-QCL, Hedgehog, Pulsed Tunable Laser 2017

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