• Login
    • Join
  • FOLLOW:
  • Subscribe Free
    • eNewsletter
    Checkout
    • Magazine
    • News
    • Printed Electronics
    • Raw Materials
    • Equipment
    • Services
    • Suppliers Guide
    • Resources
    • More
  • Magazine
  • News
  • Printed Electronics
  • Raw Materials
  • Equipment
  • Services
  • Suppliers Guide
  • Resources
  • Current & Past Issues
    Features
    Editorials
    Digital Edition
    Subscribe Now
    Advertise Now
    eNewsletter Archive
    Our Team
    Editorial Guidelines
    Breaking News
    Experts Opinion
    Financial News
    Manufacturers News
    Mergers and Acquisitions
    Online Exclusives
    Personnel
    Product Releases
    Suppliers News
    Live From Shows
    Displays and Lighting
    Photovoltaics
    Printed Batteries
    Printed Circuit Boards/Membrane Switches/In Mold Electronics
    Flexible and Printed Electronics
    RFID and NFC
    Sensors and Wearables
    Smart Cards and Packaging
    Touch Screens
    Adhesives, Barriers and Encapsulants
    Chemicals, Metals and Powders
    Conductive Inks and Coatings
    Electronic Materials
    Film, Paper, Glass and Substrates
    Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes
    Nanomaterials
    Printed Electronic Components
    Research Reports
    Semiconductors and Quantum Dots
    Energy Curing Equipment
    Lab and Testing Equipment
    Manufacturing Equipment
    Printing Equipment
    3D Printing
    Contract Manufacturing Services
    Product Design and Testing
    Research and Consulting
    Research Institutions
    Research Reports
    Universities
    Equipment
    All Companies
    Materials
    Categories
    Converting
    Printed Electronics Systems
    Associations
    Research and Services
    Used Machinery
    Add New Company
    Industry Events
    Live from show events
    Podcasts
    Videos
    Blogs
    Slideshows
    Infographics
    Webinars
    Whitepapers
    Equipment and Services
    Glossary
    • Magazine
      • Current & Past Issues
      • Features
      • Editorial
      • Columns
      • Digital Edition
      • eNewsletter Archive
      • Editorial Guidelines
      • Subscribe Now
      • Advertise Now
    • Breaking News
    • Suppliers Guide
      • Suppliers Guide
      • Add Your Company
    • Printed Electronics
      • Photovoltaics
      • Printed Batteries
      • Printed Circuit Boards/Membrane Switches/In Mold Electronics
      • Flexible and Printed Electronics
      • RFID and NFC
      • Sensors and Wearables
      • Smart Cards and Packaging
      • Touch Screens
    • Raw Materials
      • Adhesives, Barriers and Encapsulants
      • Chemicals, Metals and Powders
      • Conductive Inks and Coatings
      • Electronic Materials
      • Film, Paper, Glass and Substrates
      • Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes
      • Nanomaterials
      • Semiconductors and Quantum Dots
    • Equipment
      • Energy Curing Equipment
      • Lab and Testing Equipment
      • Manufacturing Equipment
      • Printing Equipment
      • 3D Printing
    • Services
      • Contract Manufacturing Services
      • Product Design and Testing
      • Research and Consulting
      • Research Institutions
      • Research Reports
      • Universities
    • Online Exclusives
    • Slideshows
    • Blog
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Infographics
    • Events
      • Industry Events
      • Live from show events
      • Webinars
    • About Us
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms of Use
    Breaking News

    Ghent University, imec and Collaborators Extend Spectrum of Frequency Comb Light Sources

    Mid-IR frequency combs enable high resolution spectroscopy for sensitive and accurate gas sensing

    Related Content
    • Sensirion Acquires IRsweep
    • Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd. Establishes Large-Scale Manufacturing Process for Silicon Quantum Dots
    • NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control
    • Nanoribbons Pave Way to ‘On–Off’ States for Graphene
    • Cambridge Research See Potential for Graphene’s Superconductivity
    03.10.15
    Publishing in Nature Communications, scientists from Ghent University and imec have joined forces with the Max Planck Institute in Garching to realize a frequency comb light source in the mid-IR wavelength band. These frequency comb light sources with an extended spectrum can be used for real-time, extremely high resolution spectroscopy, e.g. to measure the presence and concentration of gas molecules in analytes.
     
    A frequency comb source is a light source with a spectrum containing thousands of laser lines. The development of these sources has been revolutionary for fundamental science. It has allowed the construction of a link between the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum and the radio frequency part. As such, it has allowed researchers to determine optical frequencies with an unprecedented precision.
     
    Amongst others, frequency comb light sources have been used in optical clocks enabling precise time keeping. The enormous impact of frequency comb light sources on science was highlighted in 2005, when the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to Prof. T. Haensch and Prof J. Hall for their work on optical frequency metrology using frequency combs.
     
    Lately, frequency combs have been used to target more real life applications. In several experiments, it has been shown that the specific properties of the sources can be used to do fast, high-resolution spectroscopy over a broad spectrum. However, traditional comb sources are not at the right wavelength spectrum for doing spectroscopy.
     
    Ghent University, imec, the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching and the Auckland University in New Zealand have developed mid-infrared frequency combs, working in the mid-infrared molecular fingerprinting region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
     
    In this wavelength region, many molecules have specific absorption bands that can be used in spectroscopy to determine the presence and concentration of these molecules in samples. The researchers successfully realized the broad frequency combs, by combining the strong light-matter interaction in silicon with its broad transparency window.
     
    By fabricating so-called nanowire silicon photonics waveguides to confine the light in a very small area waveguide, they further enhanced the strong light-matter interaction allowing them to broaden the spectrum of the frequency combs into the mid-infrared. The achievements were possible through the use of a unique pump laser source, previously developed by ICFO, Spain.
     
    The results are an important step towards a small-footprint chip scale mid-infrared frequency comb source. Such sources could act as sensitive cheap gas sensors in the mid-infrared. These would be important for example for environmental monitoring for measuring air-pollution or in medical diagnostics as a cheap tool to do breath analysis.
    Related Searches
    • sensors
    Suggested For You
    Sensirion Acquires IRsweep Sensirion Acquires IRsweep
    Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd. Establishes Large-Scale Manufacturing Process for Silicon Quantum Dots Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd. Establishes Large-Scale Manufacturing Process for Silicon Quantum Dots
    NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control
    Nanoribbons Pave Way to ‘On–Off’ States for Graphene Nanoribbons Pave Way to ‘On–Off’ States for Graphene
    Cambridge Research See Potential for Graphene’s Superconductivity Cambridge Research See Potential for Graphene’s Superconductivity
    Indigo Diabetes nv Announces Successful Series A Financing Round Indigo Diabetes nv Announces Successful Series A Financing Round
    University of Surrey Sees Spray Printed Crystals Moving Forward Organic Electronic Applications University of Surrey Sees Spray Printed Crystals Moving Forward Organic Electronic Applications
    ORNL Optimizes Formula for Cadmium-Tellurium Solar Cells ORNL Optimizes Formula for Cadmium-Tellurium Solar Cells
    Fashion Designer Jasna Rok Showcases Collection Based on Smart Plastics, Smart Textiles Fashion Designer Jasna Rok Showcases Collection Based on Smart Plastics, Smart Textiles
    Imec, Ghent University Show First Laser Arrays Monolithically Grown on 300mm Silicon Wafers Imec, Ghent University Show First Laser Arrays Monolithically Grown on 300mm Silicon Wafers
    Imec, Ghent University Present Thermoplastically Deformable Electronic Circuits Imec, Ghent University Present Thermoplastically Deformable Electronic Circuits
    Turning Clothing into Information Displays Turning Clothing into Information Displays
    InnovationLab GmbH Brings Together Industry, Universities in Field of Organic Electronics InnovationLab GmbH Brings Together Industry, Universities in Field of Organic Electronics
    Electro-magnetic RFID Electro-magnetic RFID
    Surafce Acoustic Wave (SAW) Surafce Acoustic Wave (SAW)

    Related Breaking News

    • Breaking News | Mergers and Acquisitions | Sensors and Wearables
      Sensirion Acquires IRsweep

      Sensirion Acquires IRsweep

      IRsweep, based in Stäfa, Switzerland, develops, manufactures, and supplies optical spectroscopy solutions.
      05.10.21

    • Semiconductors and Quantum Dots

      Fuji Pigment Co., Ltd. Establishes Large-Scale Manufacturing Process for Silicon Quantum Dots

      Silicon quantum dots do not use any of toxic material including Cd, Se or Pb elements.
      05.29.17

    • Breaking News | Research Institutions | Semiconductors and Quantum Dots
      NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control

      NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control

      Studying properties for photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic solar applications.
      05.17.17


    • Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Research Institutions

      Nanoribbons Pave Way to ‘On–Off’ States for Graphene

      Graphene nanoribbons, billionths of a meter wide, exhibit different electronic properties than 2-D sheets of the material.
      04.04.17

    • Breaking News | Graphene, Perovskites and Carbon Nanotubes | Universities

      Cambridge Research See Potential for Graphene’s Superconductivity

      Graphene could be made to carry an electrical current with zero resistance.
      01.30.17

    Loading, Please Wait..
    Trending
    • Celanese Launches Nine New Conductive Inks
    • Weekly Recap: CES 2023, Ams OSRAM And Celanese Top This Week’s Stories
    • Tageos Introduces EOS-460 U9, New Tire Tagging RFID Inlays
    • Flex Recognized As One Of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies 2023
    • Thin Film, Printed Battery Market Worth $296 Million by 2025: MarketsandMarkets
    Breaking News
    • Emerson Launches Ovation Green Software Portfolio
    • Graphene Flagship Researchers Examine Applications for Space
    • Weekly Recap: CES 2023, ams OSRAM and Celanese Top This Week’s Stories
    • Pixelligent Names Jeff Anderson as VP of Sales & Marketing
    • Flex Recognized as One of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies 2023
    View Breaking News >
    CURRENT ISSUE

    Winter 2021

    • Printed Electronics Now’s International Suppliers’ Directory
    • The Automotive Market and Flexible and Printed Electronics
    • Flexible and Printed Electronics in Healthcare
    • Flexible and Printed Electronics Make Gains in Smart Packaging
    • PAPERONICS: Low-cost multisensory paper and packaging applications
    • View More >

    Cookies help us to provide you with an excellent service. By using our website, you declare yourself in agreement with our use of cookies.
    You can obtain detailed information about the use of cookies on our website by clicking on "More information”.

    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms And Conditions
    • Contact Us

    follow us

    Subscribe
    Nutraceuticals World

    Latest Breaking News From Nutraceuticals World

    GOED Elects New Board Officers for 2023
    Aspire Hires Darrec Jones as VP of Business Development
    Pycnogenol Supplementation Linked to Better Hair Density in Menopausal Women
    Coatings World

    Latest Breaking News From Coatings World

    Caren Hoffmann Appointed Vice President for BASF Mining Solutions
    Microban International Announces Four Senior Hires
    PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Denmark
    Medical Product Outsourcing

    Latest Breaking News From Medical Product Outsourcing

    Positive Long-Term Prospects for Japanese Diabetes Care Market
    Digital X-Ray is as Effective as Lung Ventilation Perfusion in Detecting CTEPH
    CIBC Innovation Banking Provides $25M in Debt Financing to Podimetrics
    Contract Pharma

    Latest Breaking News From Contract Pharma

    Actinium, NCI Partner to Develop Actimab-A in AML
    Astellas Announces New President and CEO and Management Structure
    Thermo Fisher, Celltrio Partner on Cell Line Automation Platform
    Beauty Packaging

    Latest Breaking News From Beauty Packaging

    Interpack 2023 to Focus on Sustainability
    e.l.f. Cosmetics Unveils New Bold Satin Finish Lipstick
    Weekly Recap: L’Oréal & LVMH Bid for Aesop, Ariana Grande Purchases r.e.m. Beauty & More
    Happi

    Latest Breaking News From Happi

    Perfect Corp. Partners with Precision Skin by DermConcept to AI-Powered Digital Skin Diagnostic
    Old Spice Kicks Off ‘Smelf-Confidence’ Marketing Campaign During Super Bowl LVII
    Next of Us (NOU) Launches Moisturizing Cream and Reactivating Mist for Varied Curl Types
    Ink World

    Latest Breaking News From Ink World

    Fujifilm Expands Its RxD Inkjet Pigment Dispersions Color Range
    Weekly Recap: Pigments, Inkjet Ink Market Reports Top This Week’s Stories
    Roland DGA Announces Key Changes to Leadership Team
    Label & Narrow Web

    Latest Breaking News From Label & Narrow Web

    Fujifilm expands RxD inkjet pigment dispersions color range
    Anderson & Vreeland acquires flexo consumable assets from Grimco
    Hamillroad Software's Bellissima DMS honored in Brazil
    Nonwovens Industry

    Latest Breaking News From Nonwovens Industry

    Avgol to Showcase Algaeing Colorants and Fibers at Filtech
    Uster to Host Webinar on Zero-Level Contamination Control
    Typar Expands Drainable Wrap Line
    Orthopedic Design & Technology

    Latest Breaking News From Orthopedic Design & Technology

    Steady Growth Forecast for Global Orthobiologics Market
    ODT's Most-Read Stories This Week—Feb. 4
    Toetal Solutions Secures $1.8 Million in New Financing
    Printed Electronics Now

    Latest Breaking News From Printed Electronics Now

    Graphene Flagship Researchers Examine Applications for Space
    Weekly Recap: CES 2023, ams OSRAM and Celanese Top This Week’s Stories
    Zebra Provides East West Shrine Bowl with RFID Tracking Technology

    Copyright © 2023 Rodman Media. All rights reserved. Use of this constitutes acceptance of our privacy policy The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Rodman Media.

    AD BLOCKER DETECTED

    Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
    Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.


    FREE SUBSCRIPTION Already a subscriber? Login