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IRsweep offers cutting edge optical sensing technology based on semiconductor QCL frequency combs in the mid-infrared. Millisecond time resolution combined with large spectral bandwidth and high-resolution offer new possibilities in trace gas sensing and on-line process analysis.
These characteristics allow our systems to excel in high-speed measurements of many different molecules even when hidden in a complex background matrix.
Company website: external pagewww.irsweep.com
Alpes Lasers is a Swiss engineering company pioneering advanced light sources, especially Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) used in various applications such as gas detection. From our central location within Switzerland and Europe, we are dedicated to promote these technologies to customers active in a wide range of markets.
Company website: external pagewww.alpeslasers.ch
MIRO Analytical Technologies has been founded as an Empa spinoff to bring the latest mid-infrared gas sensing technology based on quantum cascade lasers (QCL) to the market.
Many industries, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, oil and gas or automotive, rely on gas analyzers, sensors and detectors to control processes, emissions or work-place safety. We are using newly developed multi-color QCLs to build compact, yet very powerful, laser absorption spectrometers targeting gas sensing applications of small molecules. The instrument we are developing will be able to detect several gases simultaneously, directly, and with high precision and has the potential to replace existing technologies.
Company website: external pagewww.miro-analytical.com