UNIVERSAL SENSOR BASED ON ELECTRICALLY-PUMPED MID-INFRARED SPECTROMETER ON SILICON CHIPSbroad
UNISON · Horizon Europe grant · 2024-03-01–2028-02-29
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC · topic HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
High resolution optical spectroscopy in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range (3-12 µm wavelength) is an unambiguous way to detect and quantify small traces of greenhouse and toxic gases down to sensitivities of parts-per-billion. Such sensitivities are a prerequisite to safeguard low-pollution and toxic-free environment defined by the EU Action Plan: ""Towards a Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil.” However, size, cost, and general complexity of the commercially available instruments limits their use to a small number of highly specialized applications, and prevents their deployment with sufficient coverage e.g. in networks, wearable electronics, etc. Particularly in the context of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, on chip integration of spectroscopic systems would constitute a game changer for mid-IR high-precision and portable sensors.The objective of UNISON is to address this challenge and demonstrate a highly scalable platform for infra-red spectroscopy that has both high-end performance and is compact. UNISON sensing scheme relies on dual comb spectrometers obtained by leveraging on electrically pumped cascade lasers (QCL and ICL) and on silicon-germanium (SiGe) mid-IR photonic circuits to surpass current spectroscopic systems in terms of detection bandwidth, point spacing and system compactness. UNISON is organized around 3 main cornerstones each of them relying on ambitious physical and technological challenges: (i) tunable large bandwidth frequency combs will be generated on SiGe photonics circuits by combining electro-optical comb generation, non-linear effects and dispersion engineering
Beneficiaries (9)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS | FR | coordinator | €921,926 | |
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN | AT | participant | €609,257 | |
| UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE - NORGES ARKTISKE UNIVERSITET | NO | participant | €513,750 | |
| POLITECNICO DI MILANO | IT | participant | €494,512 | |
| UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER | FR | participant | €458,600 | |
| UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY | FR | thirdParty | €0 | |
| EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH | CH | associatedPartner | — | |
| Sensirion AG | CH | associatedPartner | — | |
| SENSIRION AG | CH | associatedPartner | — |
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