In case you missed live FLAIR webinar on 18/02/2021 with Hans Martin (Senseair AB), Dr. Frans J. M. Harren (Radboud University Nijmegen) and Lukas Emmenegger (EMPA). #photonics21 #horizon2020

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The FLAIR team performed a week-long measurement campaign over the waters of the Kategatt, the strait linking the Nord Sea with the Baltic Sea. In collaboration with Explicit, a Danish company specialized in airborne pollutant detection, and Charlie9, a Helicopter company based near Copenhagen, more than 120 ships could be targeted, and their exhaust fumes analyzed. The FLAIR system has been tuned to target methane, a potent greenhouse gas, with absorption lines matching the

On June 24th 2020 FLAIR Consortium successfully performed first flying test in Beromünster, Switzerland. Collaborative research journey started in 2016 led to its first testing flight to validate FLAIR system functionality. For the initial flight was used Zeppelin platform and test was controlled by scientists from EMPA and CSEM. Test successfully measured elevated methane concentration when flying above the controlled release installation. At the moment FLAIR Consortium eval

Radboud University is currently developing a compact, fast scanning, transportable Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) which is compatible with high repetition rate mid-infrared supercontinuum sources. This FTS system will be used in combination with the novel mid-infrared supercontinuum source, recently developed in DTU. “The spectrometer covers a broad wavelength range of 2-12 µm and uses the pulsed nature of the mid-infrared supercontinuum light to reduce the measurement

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Senseair has built and trimmed a long path length Multipass cell with a light distance of almost 18 meters. This equipment has been shipped to the researchers at CSEM in Neuchatel, Switzerland for verification and test. The next step in the development of optics is to replace the mirrors with new ones having higher reflectivity in the mid-IR spectral range. Moreover, Senseair will arrange for convenient interface with the laser beam input, and beam exit towards the spectromet

CSEM in Switzerland is currently designing and implementing an alternative detector prototype. The initial spectrometer with the VIPA is showing adequate resolution to resolve the fine structure of N2O gas spectral footprint. However, it appeared that the detection limit is currently 2 orders of magnitude too high to measure diluted samples as requested in the FLAIR project. The revised design promises reduced optical losses and larger power per spectral unit achieved through

Due to the high precision of the FLAIR sensor and its miniaturization/compactness requirements, the structural integrity and geometry of this prototype will most probably be delicate and fragile. As such, it was important to also take into consideration the accelerations and vibrations that it will have to endure during real mission phases. For this purpose, vibration and acceleration profiles were collected from flight data for Tekever’s AR3 UAV platform system. This system

On December 14, 2017 The European Technology Platform Photonics21 released article about FLAIR. Full press release can be found here #FLAIR #photonics21 #photonics #Horizon2020