Projects

• GeoZense 
  
  Partners from both industry (Pisco Group, Mermaid Seasystems, Atlantic Sapphire, AquaCircle) and academia (DTU Health Tech) will together with DTU Fotonik develop a biochemical polymer optical fiber sensor for detecting cortisol (stress hormone) and geosmin (earthy taste) levels in fish farms.
  
  
• SHIP-COAT – Sub-surface, High-resolution Inspection of Paints and Coatings using nOn-destructive lAser Tomography
  
  The project is tasked with developing a portable laser-based OCT scanning system for sub-surface inspection of marine coatings, to detect onset of underfilm corrosion, delamination, and other coating defects. Other links: Laser light can reveal condition of ship paint. 
  
  
• TRIAGE
  
  TRIAGE will develop a smart, compact and cost-effective air quality sensor network for the hyperspectral detection of relevant atmospheric pollution gases. The sensor will be based on mid-infrared supercontinuum generation, multi-pass gas-cells, compact high sensitivity spectrometers, and cloud-based deep-learning algorithms.
  
  
• UVSUPER
  
  The ultraviolet laser technology developed in UVSUPER will enable high quality inspection and measurement of microchips - even smaller structures than what has been possible so far, and thereby support the growing Danish semiconductor industry.

Past projects

• ECOMETA – Emission Control: Methods and Technologies for Agriculture
  
  The project partners developed a compact, integrated optical ammonia sensor for the agricultural sector, based on mature telecommunication technology: a laser, an optical sensor, and hollow-core optical fibers.
  
  
• FLAIR – Flying ultra-broadband single-shot infra-red sensor
  
  FLAIR developed a high-performance air sampling sensor based mounted on an airborne platform for pervasive and large area coverage high-specificity and high-sensitivity (ppbv) air quality sensing. The sensor was based on supercontinuum lasers operating in the two atmospheric windows of 2-5 μm and 8-12 μm wavelength.
  
  
• LOISE - Low nOISE supercontinuum sources for ultra-high resolution 800nm optical coherence tomography for glaucoma diagnosis
  
  

• MINERVA - MId- to NEaR infrared spectroscopy for improVed medical diAgnostics (2012-2017)
  
  The MINERVA project took advantage of several new breakthroughs in photonic technology to develop a new mid-IR technology platform and processes for early detection of cancer.
  
  

• SUPUVIR - Supercontinuum broadband light sources covering UV to IR applications
  
  SUPUVIR combined the efforts of 6 academic and 4 non-academic beneficiaries to train 15 early-stage researchers for the growing industry within SC broadband light sources, giving them extensive knowledge in silica and soft-glass chemistry, preform design and fibre drawing, linear and nonlinear fibre and waveguide characterization, nonlinear fibre optics, SC modelling, SC system design, patent protection, and in-depth knowledge of a broad range of the main applications of SC high-power broadband light sources.