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Paper Abstract
Micro- and nano-technologies (MNT) have opened up the mid-infrared (IR) spectral region to room temperature
techniques that are enabling new applications in chemical imaging. The mid-IR is rich in wavelength specific
absorptions that can be used to identify different chemicals and materials. It is only in the last decade, however, that mid-
IR cameras and tunable, intense mid-IR laser sources have become available that are compact and operate at room
temperature. MNT has allowed these developments; micro-bolometer arrays are now routinely fabricated with 25 μm
resolution and the ability to sense mid-IR radiation from 7 to 14 um. Quantum cascade (QC) lasers fabricated with
exquisite control of semiconductor layers and waveguides serve as the gain media for tunable mid-IR lasers, some even
tuned with MEMS feedback elements. The current state of mid-IR imaging and illumination is discussed, and specific
examples of its use in chemical imaging are presented. First, passive mid-IR imaging is considered, along with its ability
to be used for chemical identification. The use of tunable mid-IR lasers as an illumination source is then considered.
Technical aspects of illumination and detection paradigms are presented, with a consideration of how spectroscopic
information gathered in both stimulated thermal emission and reflectance modes can be analyzed to determine chemical
composition in an image. Finally, specific examples of QC laser assisted chemical imaging are presented.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 May 2011
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8031, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III, 803127 (13 May 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.883330
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8031:
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III
Thomas George; M. Saif Islam; Achyut K. Dutta, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 8031, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III, 803127 (13 May 2011); doi: 10.1117/12.883330
Show Author Affiliations
Miles J. Weida, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Peter R. Buerki, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Peter R. Buerki, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Michael Pushkarsky, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Timothy Day, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Timothy Day, Daylight Solutions Inc. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8031:
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III
Thomas George; M. Saif Islam; Achyut K. Dutta, Editor(s)
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