European Joint Doctorate Programme on Optical Sensing using Advanced Photo-Induced Effects

Project Information

OPTAPHI

Grant agreement ID: 860808

DOI

10.3030/860808

Project closed

EC signature date 9 August 2019

Start date 1 January 2020

End date 30 September 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 3 761 763,84

EU contribution

€ 3 761 763,84

Coordinated by

MUNSTER TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Ireland

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Deliverables

Other (10)

Workshop 3

The third 3-day workshop, on ‘Industry Applications of Photonics’, will be organised by CIT.

Final Conference

The 5-day final conference will be organised by POLIBA.

Workshop 1

The first 3-day workshop, on ‘Semiconductor Growth and Fabrication for Photonics’, will be organised by UM.

Trials at industry partner of agri-food analyser demonstrator

Paper submitted on the results of trials of shoebox-sized PTS or QEPAS system in collaboration with industrial partner.

Summer school

The 5-day summer school will be organised by UNIBA.

QEPAS or PTS measurements of methane using hybrid laser

Paper submitted on the use of a hybrid laser as the excitation source for a PTS/QEPAS measurement of methane.

Trials at industry partner of portable QEPAS environmental sensor demonstrator

Paper submitted on the results of the trials of the developed ultracompact QEPAS system at THORLABS and/or Rice University.

Workshop 2

The second 3-day workshop, on ‘Advanced Spectroscopy’, will be organised by TU-WIEN.

Demonstration of shot noise limited balanced detection for PTS

Realisation of an experimental set-that allows for signal to noise characteristics that prove shot noise limited performance of the two-beam set-up. One beam shall sample only noise, whereas the other beam shall sample noise and the photo-thermal signal.

Lab trials of demonstrator in connection with Industrial P.O.

Paper submitted on results of the trials of the developed QEPAS demonstrators at ENVEA, THORLABS, E&H or AVL.

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (3)

First edition of the network newsletter

The first edition of a regular newsletter for the project will be released.

Outreach video

A public video describing the project topics and activities will be released. The ESRs will be actively involved in the creation of the video.

Website

The domain name will be registered and an initial website for OPTAPHI will go live.

Documents, reports (2)

Ultra-compact acoustic detection module for drone sensing

Report on the optical performance and validation of the ultra-compact QEPAS module developed in ESR2.

Intracavity-QEPAS sensor for methane isotopic ratio detection

Report on the optical performance and stability of the intracavity QEPAS sensing platform developed in ESR15 for 13CH4/12CH4 isotopic ratio.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (25)

InAs-Based Quantum Cascade Lasers with Extremely Low Threshold

Author(s): Kumar Kinjalk; Daniel Andres Díaz-Thomas; Zeineb Loghmari; Michael Bahriz; Roland Teissier; Alexei N. Baranov
Published in: Photonics; Volume 9; Issue 10; Pages: 747, Issue vol 9, 2022, Page(s) 747, ISSN 2304-6732
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/photonics9100747

Improved light transmission for III-V lasers monolithically integrated on Si platforms

Author(s): Paparella, M., Remis, A., Grande, M., Taliercio, T., Cerutti, L., Rodriguez, J.-B. & Tournié, E.
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 38994-39004, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.537703

"Mid-Infrared Intracavity Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy with pptv – Level Sensitivity Using a T-shaped Custom Tuning Fork"

Author(s): Hayden, Jakob; Giglio, Marilena; Sampaolo, Angelo; Spagnolo, Vincenzo; Lendl, Bernhard
Published in: Photoacoustics, Issue 25, 2022, Page(s) 100330, ISSN 2213-5979
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2022.100330

Evanescent wave quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy employing a side-polished fiber for methane sensing

Author(s): C. F. Twomey, G. Biagi, A. A. Ruth, M. Giglio, V. Spagnolo, L. O’Faolain, and A. J. Walsh
Published in: Photoacoustics, Issue 36, 2024, Page(s) 100586, ISSN 2213-5979
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2024.100586

Measurement of methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia in atmosphere with a compact quartz-enhanced photoacoustic sensor

Author(s): Menduni G.; Zifarelli A.; Kniazeva E.; Dello Russo S.; Ranieri A. C.; Ranieri E.; Patimisco P.; Sampaolo A.; Giglio M.; Manassero F.; Dinuccio E.; Provolo G.; Wu H.; Lei D.; Spagnolo V.
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Issue 375, 2023, Page(s) 132953, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.132953

Wavelength modulated diode probe laser for an interferometric cavity-assisted photothermal spectroscopy gas sensor

Author(s): D. Pinto, J. P. Waclawek, S. Lindner, H. Moser, G. Ricchiuti, and B. Lendl
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Issue 377, 2023, Page(s) 133061, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.133061

Commercial and Custom Quartz Tuning Forks for Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: Stability under Humidity Variation

Author(s): Diba Ayache; Roman Rousseau; Elena Kniazeva; Julien Charensol; Tarek Seoudi; Michael Bahriz; Fares Gouzi; Vincenzo Spagnolo; Aurore Vicet
Published in: Sensors, Issue 23, 2023, Page(s) 3135, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s23063135

Long wavelength distributed feedback tapered quantum cascade lasers

Author(s): Davide Pinto, Daniel Andres Díaz Thomas, Zeineb Loghmari, Kumar Kinjalk, Roland Teissier, Michael Bahriz, Bernhard Lendl, Alexei N. Baranov
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 26925, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.521039

Compact angled multimode interference duplexers for multi-gas sensing applications

Author(s): AJMAL THOTTOLI; Artem Vorobev; Gabriele Biagi; Simone Iadanza; Marilena Giglio; Giovanni Magno; Marco Grande; Liam O'Faolain
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 3451–3460, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.503483

Mid-Infrared Photothermal Spectroscopy for the Detection of Caffeine in Beverages

Author(s): G. Ricchiuti, L. Riedlsperger, A. Dabrowska, E. Rosenberg, L. O’Faolain, and B. Lendl
Published in: Sensors, Issue 24, 2024, Page(s) 1974, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s24061974

Parts-per-billion detection of carbon monoxide: A comparison between quartz-enhanced photoacoustic and photothermal spectroscopy.

Author(s): Davide Pinto; Harald Moser; Johannes P. Waclawek; Stefano Dello Russo; Pietro Patimisco; Vincenzo Spagnolo; Bernhard Lendl
Published in: Photoacoustics, Issue 22, 2021, Page(s) 100244, ISSN 2213-5979
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacs.2021.100244

Unlocking the monolithic integration scenario: optical coupling between GaSb diode lasers epitaxially grown on patterned Si substrates and passive SiN waveguides

Author(s): Andres Remis, Laura Monge Bartolome, Michele Paparella, Audrey Gilbert, Guilhem Boissier, Marco Grande, Alan Blake, Liam O'Faolain, Laurent Cerutti, Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, and Eric Tournié.
Published in: Light: Science & Applications, Issue 12, 2023, Page(s) 150, ISSN 2047-7538
Publisher: Springer nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41377-023-01185-4

Highly efficient and selective integrated directional couplers for multigas sensing applications

Author(s): Ajmal Thottoli; Gabriele Biagi; Artem S. Vorobev; Marilena Giglio; Giovanni Magno; Liam O’Faolain; Marco Grande
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2023, Page(s) 22720, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49889-2

Bottom-illuminated photothermal nanoscale chemical imaging with a flat silicon ATR in air and liquid

Author(s): Ufuk Yilmaz; Savda Sam; Bernhard Lendl; Georg Ramer
Published in: Analytical Chemistry, Issue 96, 2024, Page(s) 4410–4418, ISSN 0003-2700
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-h9ffx

Single-mode interband cascade laser with a slotted waveguide

Author(s): J. A. M. Fordyce, D. A. Diaz-Thomas, L. O’Faolain, A. N. Baranov, T. Piwonski, and L. Cerutti
Published in: Applied Physics Letters, Issue vol 121, 2022, Page(s) 211102, ISSN 1077-3118
Publisher: AIP
DOI: 10.1063/5.0120460

High-Q asymmetrically cladded silicon nitride 1D photonic crystals cavities and hybrid external cavity lasers for sensing in air and liquids

Author(s): S. Iadanza, J. H. Mendoza-Castro, T. Oliveira, S. M. Butler, A. Tedesco, G. Giannino, B. Lendl, M. Grande, and L. O’Faolain
Published in: Nanophotonics, Issue 11, 2022, Page(s) 4183–4196, ISSN 2192-8614
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0245

Tuning of Graphene-Based Optical Devices Operating in the Near-Infrared

Author(s): Artem S. Vorobev; Giuseppe Valerio Bianco; Giovanni Bruno; Antonella D'Orazio; Liam O'Faolain; Marco Grande
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 11, 2021, Page(s) 8367, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11188367

Quantum cascade lasers monolithically integrated on germanium

Author(s): K. KINJALK, A. GILBERT, A. REMIS, Z. LOGHMARI, L. CERUTTI, G. PATRIARCHE, M. BAHRIZ, R. TEISSIER, A. N. BARANOV, J. B. RODRIGUEZ, AND E. TOURNIÉ
Published in: Optics Express, Issue Vol 30, n°25, 2022, Page(s) 45259, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.472473

Absorption and Dispersion: In Search of a Versatile Spectroscopic Technique

Author(s): Iskander Gazizov, Davide Pinto, Harald Moser, Savda Sam, Pedro Martín-Mateos, Liam O’Faolain, Bernhard Lendl
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Issue 436, 2025, Page(s) 137688, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2025.137688

Balanced-detection interferometric cavity-assisted photothermal spectroscopy via collimating fiber-array integration

Author(s): G. Malvicini, J. P. Waclawek, D. Pinto, H. Moser, S. Iadanza, K. Gradkowski, L. O’Faolain, and B. Lendl
Published in: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Issue 412, 2024, Page(s) 135766, ISSN 0925-4005
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2024.135766

Photothermal spectroscopy on-chip sensor for the measurement of a PMMA film using a silicon nitride micro-ring resonator and an external cavity quantum cascade laser

Author(s): G. Ricchiuti, A. Walsh, J. H. Mendoza-Castro, A. S. Vorobev, M. Kotlyar, G. V. B. Lukasievicz, S. Iadanza, M. Grande, B. Lendl, and L. O’Faolain
Published in: Nanophotonics, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 2417-2427, ISSN 2192-8614
Publisher: De Gruyter
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2024-0033

Near-infrared wavelength tuning of monolayer graphene on Silicon Nitride waveguides

Author(s): A. S. Vorobev, G. V. Bianco, G. Bruno, A. D’Orazio, L. O’Faolain, and M. Grande
Published in: Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications, Issue 54, 2023, Page(s) 101130, ISSN 1569-4410
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2023.101130

Dual-Beam Photothermal Spectroscopy Employing a Mach–Zehnder Interferometer and an External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser for Detection of Water Traces in Organic Solvents

Author(s): Giovanna Ricchiuti; Alicja Dabrowska; Davide Pinto; Georg Ramer; Bernhard Lendl
Published in: Analytical Chemistry, Issue 19, 2022, Page(s) 94, ISSN 0003-2700
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03303

Enhanced Fano resonances in a silicon nitride photonic crystal nanobeam-assisted micro ring resonator for dual telecom band operation

Author(s): Jesus Hernan Mendoza-Castro; Artem S. Vorobev; Simone Iadanza; Bernhard Lendl; Liam O’Faolain; Marco Grande
Published in: Optics Express, Issue 32, 2024, Page(s) 13197–13207, ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher: Optical Society of America
DOI: 10.1364/oe.504912

Analysis of the Optical Coupling Between GaSb Diode Lasers and Passive Waveguides: A Step Toward Monolithic Integration on Si Platforms

Author(s): Michele Paparella, Laura Monge Bartolome, Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, Laurent Cerutti, Marco Grande, Liam O’Faolain, and Eric Tournié
Published in: IEEE Photonics Journal, Issue Vol 14 n°5, 2022, Page(s) 6651206, ISSN 1943-0655
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2022.3203593

Conference proceedings (4)

Q- factor enhancement in photonic crystal cavities based on trapezoidal slotted nano-sticks for refractive index sensing

Author(s): J. H. Mendoza-Castro, Liam O’Faolain, M. Grande
Published in: 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2021, Page(s) 1-1, ISBN 978-1-6654-1876-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec52157.2021.9542649

Analysis of the optical coupling between 2.3µm GaSb diode lasers and passive waveguides for monolithic integration on Si platforms

Author(s): M. Paparella, L. Monge-Bartolome, L. Cerutti, J.-B. Rodriguez, M. Grande, L. O’Faolain, and E. Tournié.
Published in: 2022 IEEE International Photonics Conference, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ipc53466.2022.9975716

DFB Style Slotted Waveguide Interband Cascade Lasers

Author(s): J. A. M. Fordyce, D. A. Díaz-Thomas, T. Piwonski, A. N. Baranov, L. O’Faolain, and L. Cerutti1
Published in: Compound Semiconductor Week 2022, 2022, ISBN 978-1-6654-5340-0
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/csw55288.2022.9930442

Monolithic Integration of GaSb Diode Lasers on a Silicon Photonic Circuit

Author(s): Andres Remis, Michele Paparella, Laura Monge Bartolomé, Audrey Gilbert, Guilhem Boissier, Marco Grande, Alan Blake, Liam O'Faolain, Laurent Cerutti, Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, Eric Tournié
Published in: 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC), 2023, Page(s) 1-1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec57999.2023.10231760