Mid-infrared photonics – laser inscribed optical components
Ultrafast laser inscription (ULI) of glasses is known to produce single- and multi-mode waveguides, which, to date, have mostly been...
CO2 Laser Heterodyne Radiometer deployment to the Finnish Arctic for the FRM4GHG campaign
An essential component of quantifying, understanding and predicting changes in the Earth’s carbon cycle is a global measurement system of...
Towards a UK TCCON site
In collaboration with the University of Leicester and Edinburgh, the group is developing a ground based remote sensing facility for...
MISO Mission Study
Microsatellite missions have been developing rapidly over the last 5 years: 158 launched in 2014 and 212 forecasted for 2015....
Laser isotope ratio-meter volcanic deployment
Volcanic degassing is the main pathway of carbon release from the Earth’s interior to the atmosphere. In order to constrain...
Laser Heterodyne Spectro-radiometry for CO2 sounding
This project focuses on the demonstration and assessment of thermal infrared laser heterodyne spectro-radiometry for the remote sensing of carbon...
Active Coherent Laser Spectrometer for standoff sensing (ACLaS)
Detecting chemical threats at safe standoff distances An eye-safe, mid-IR hyperspectral active standoff detection system provides identification, detection, and confident...
Laser isotope ratio-meter
From an initial breadboard concept development intended for planetary landers, the group has developed some novel concept for laser isotope...
Long open-path laser dispersion sensing
Laser Dispersion Spectroscopy (LDS), is a new gas sensing technique that applies a novel approach to tuneable diode laser spectroscopy....