Project description Photonic components Show the project objective Hide the project objective According to recent reports, the worldwide market for spectroscopy instrumentation is expected to witness a dramatic growth during the next years, with the largest share exploiting the infrared part of the spectrum. Today, expensive high-end systems such as Fourier-Transform Infrared spectrometers still dominate this market segment. Yet, widespread greener and safer industrial processes are driving the need for more versatile or sensitive gas analyzers. Thanks to very strong and well-separated absorption peaks for most relevant species, such a prospect can be offered by direct high-resolution mid-infrared (MIR) absorption spectroscopy.The main technical and scientific objective of VILLAGE is the development of a cost-effective widely tunable MIR laser source of high spectral purity. It will form the basis for a new generation of multi-gas analysers based on spectroscopic techniques for measurements of polluting gases generated by and emitted from industrial processes, and more specifically the gases believed to contribute to global warming. Built on several proven trends in the field of emerging photonic components in which the partners have leading positions, this source will combine in a robust design a Thulium-doped fiber laser device including a widely tunable Bragg grating stage, a nonlinear frequency converting semiconductor crystal (Orientation-Patterned Gallium Arsenide) and a high spectral purity optical parametric oscillator (OPO) cavity.This new OPO will be integrated into a transportable spectroscopic instrument for analysis of polluting gases and demonstration through practical tests that the system is capable of measuring the target gases at specified concentration levels (both laboratory and onsite-based). In the long term, the availability of this source is bound to also be beneficial to several growing instrumentation markets for health, security and food-related applications and the project outputs will be promoted accordingly. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibersnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssemiconductivitynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.5.1 - Photonic components Call for proposal FP6-2005-IST-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator THALES SA Address Route départementale 128 91767 Palaiseau France See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 363 000,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all HEINRICH-HEINE-UNIVERSITAET DUESSELDORF Germany EU contribution € 274 000,00 Address Universitaetsstrasse 1 40225 Duesseldorf See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID Spain EU contribution € 176 000,00 Address Plaza santa cruz 8 47002 Valladolid See on map NORSK ELEKTRO OPTIKK AS Norway EU contribution € 357 000,00 Address Solheimveien 6aa N-1471 Lørenskog See on map UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 630 000,00 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
