Coherent Back-Lasing from Atmospheric Insects

Project Information

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Grant agreement ID: 850463

DOI

10.3030/850463

Project closed

EC signature date 14 October 2019

Start date 1 February 2020

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 487,06

EU contribution

€ 1 499 487,06

Coordinated by

LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Sweden

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Publications

Thesis and dissertations (3)

Elastic hyperspectral lidar for detecting coherent backscatter from insects

Author(s): Lauro Müller
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Lund University

Coherent Backscattering from Free-Flying Insects: Implications for Remote Species Identification

Author(s): Meng Li
Published in: 2024, ISBN 978-91-8104-153-8
Publisher: Lund University

Toward Accessible Biophotonics : Instrumentation for Insect and Vegetation Applications

Author(s): Månefjord, Hampus
Published in: Issue 1, 2024, ISBN 978-91-8104-045-6
Publisher: Lund University

Conference proceedings (3)

Laser Remote Microscopy for Insect Diversity Assessment

Author(s): Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Optica Sensing Congress 2024 (AIS, LACSEA, Sensors, QSM), Issue https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=LACSEA-2024-LTh1A.1, 2024, Page(s) LTh1A.1
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/lacsea.2024.lth1a.1

Feasibility of Insect Identification Based on Spectral Fringes Produced by Clear Wings

Author(s): M. Li, A. Runemark, N. Guilcher, J. Hernandez, J. Rota, M. Brydegaard
Published in: JSTQE, Issue 29 / 4, 2023, ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2022.3218218

Resolving fast Wingbeat Flashes in situ with Entomological Lidar

Author(s): Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2024, Page(s) 1-2
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc60965.2024.10799610

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Stratification of insect diversity and daily activity patterns in the West African virgin forest Taï assessed by entomological Lidar

Author(s): Hampus Månefjord, Assoumou Saint-Doria Yamoa, Yatana Adolphe Gbogbo, Lauro Müller, Anna Runemark, Benoit Kouassi Kouakou, Rabbi Boateng, Andrew Atiogbe Huzortey, Isaac Kwame Badu, Niklas Wahlberg, Mikkel Brydegaard, Jérémie T. Zoueu, Benjamin Anderson, Meng Li
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-05200-z

Lidar reveals distinct insect daily activity and diversity between habitats

Author(s): Assoumou S. Doria Yamoa, Benoit K. Kouakou, Adolphe Y. Gbogbo, Anna Runemark, Roel van Klink, Jeremie T. Zoueu, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-27432-9

Remote Nanoscopy with Infrared Elastic Hyperspectral Lidar

Author(s): Lauro Müller, Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Jacobo Salvador, Nina Reistad, Julio Hernandez, Carsten Kirkeby, Anna Runemark, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Advanced Science, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207110

Bark beetles as lidar targets and prospects of photonic surveillance

Author(s): Meng Li, Samuel Jansson, Anna Runemark, Jonathan Peterson, Carsten Thure Kirkeby, Anna Maria Jönsson, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Journal of Biophotonics, Issue 14/4, 2021, ISSN 1864-063X
Publisher: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & CO. KGaA
DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202000420

A biophotonic platform for quantitative analysis in the spatial, spectral, polarimetric, and goniometric domains

Author(s): H. Månefjord, M. Li, C. Brackmann, N. Reistad, A. Runemark, J. Rota, B. Anderson, J. T. Zoueu, A. Merdasa, M. Brydegaard
Published in: Review of Scientific Instrument, Issue 93, 2022, Page(s) 113709, ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0095133

Lidar as a potential tool for monitoring migratory insects

Author(s): Hui Chen, Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Paul Travers, Jacobo Salvador, Lauro Müller, David Dreyer, Jamie Alison, Toke T. Høye, null Gao Hu, Eric Warrant, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: iScience, Issue 27, 2025, Page(s) 109588, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109588

Insect diversity estimation in polarimetric lidar

Author(s): Dolores Bernenko, Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Samuel Jansson, Anna Runemark, Carsten Kirkeby, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) e0312770, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312770

Goniometric Investigation of Spectral Scattering From Insect Wings in Near Infrared

Author(s): Emmanuel Kotu Robertson, Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Jadranka Rota, Nina Reistad, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: IEEE Photonics Journal, Issue 17, 2025, Page(s) 1-5, ISSN 1943-0655
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2025.3628525

Photonic sensors reflect variation in insect abundance and diversity across habitats

Author(s): Klas Rydhmer, Samuel Jansson, Laurence Still, Brittany D. Beck, Vasileia Chatzaki, Karen Olsen, Bennett Van Hoff, Christoffer Grønne, Jakob Klinge Meier, Marta Montoro, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Carsten Kirkeby, Henrik G. Smith, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 158, 2025, Page(s) 111483, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111483

Discrimination of Hover Fly Species and Sexes by Wing Interference Signals (Adv. Sci. 34/2023)

Author(s): Meng Li, Anna Runemark, Julio Hernandez, Jadranka Rota, Rune Bygebjerg, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Advanced Science, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202370232

Potential for identification of wild night-flying moths by remote infrared microscopy

Author(s): Meng Li, Clara Seinsche, Samuel Jansson, Julio Hernandez, Jadranka Rota, Eric Warrant, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Issue 191/19, 2022, ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0256

Deadliest Animals with the Thinnest Wings: Near-Infrared Properties of Tropical Mosquitoes

Author(s): Meng Li, Hampus Månefjord, Julio Hernandez, Lauro Müller, Christian Brackmann, Aboma Merdasa, Carsten Kirkeby, Mengistu Dawit Bulo, Rickard Ignell, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Applied Spectroscopy, Issue 79, 2025, Page(s) 1625-1639, ISSN 0003-7028
Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1177/00037028251341317

Towards global insect biomonitoring with frugal methods

Author(s): Mikkel Brydegaard, Ronniel D. Pedales, Vivian Feng, Assoumou saint-doria Yamoa, Benoit Kouakou, Hampus Månefjord, Lorenz Wührl, Christian Pylatiuk, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Rudolf Meier
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 379, 2024, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0103

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

Dual-Band Infrared Scheimpflug Lidar Reveals Insect Activity in a Tropical Cloud Forest

Author(s): Victor Santos, Cesar Costa-Vera, Pamela Rivera-Parra, Santiago Burneo, Juan Molina, Diana Encalada, Jacobo Salvador, Mikkel Brydegaard
Published in: Applied Spectroscopy, Issue 77, 2025, Page(s) 593-602, ISSN 0003-7028
Publisher: Society for Applied Spectroscopy
DOI: 10.1177/00037028231169302

High dynamic range in entomological scheimpflug lidars

Author(s): Mikkel Brydegaard, Benoit Kouakou, Samuel Jansson, Jens Rydell, Jeremie Zoueu
Published in: Journal of Selected Topics of Quantum Electronics, Issue 27/4, 2021, Page(s) 1-11, ISSN 1077-260X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jstqe.2021.3062088