DTU built long wavelength mid-infrared supercontinuum source that is intended for operation in an airborne gas spectroscopy system for pollution monitoring as a part of the EU project FLying ultrA-broadband single-shot InfraRed Sensor (FLAIR). The 3MHz SC laser emit 86.6 mW output power with a spectrum spanning 1.46 µm-10.46 µm and packaged in a form factor of 47.4 cm x 30.0 cm x 13.45 cm. The average power fluctuation of the supercontinuum laser is 0.43% standard deviatio

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

The Consortium has decided to rely on new airborne platforms: a zeppelin for initial tests and comparison to a ground based sensor installed on a tower (at tower test in Switzerland) and a manned helicopter for final verification and measurements (see Figure). The initial plan for the real-life test of the developed sensor is to fly inside the clouds of different ships to measure the elevated levels of gases. Schematic of the sensing process. Our developed sensor will be plac

Radboud University has recently finished the characterization and performance verification of the new NIT camera for spectroscopy applications. “ We developed a lab-based spectroscopy system based on a supercontinuum light source from NKT, a multipass absorption cell, and the NIT MWIR camera similar to what will be used in the final setup of the FLAIR project. We are now working on the improvement of the camera performance in close collaboration with NIT.” – says Amir Khodaba

We are happy to release first movie about the project! Thanks to our great Consortium members for taking active part and participation in shooting: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Tekever Autonomous Systems, NKT Photonics A/S, New Infrared Technologies (NIT), Technical University of Denmark (Department of Photonics Engineering), Radboud University (The research group in the Institute of Molecules and Materials), SenseAir AB and Swiss Ce

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In the end of May project Consortium arranged progress meeting at EMPA facility in Zurich, Switzerland. #h2020 #photonics21 #FLAIR #h2020flair

The FLAIR consortium is composed of six European countries: Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. These are countries from different cultural backgrounds and realities, improving the collaboration experience and contributing to the European representativeness of the project results. On 30th of November 2016 twelve members of the Consortium came together to Lisbon for the kick-off meeting hosted by the project coordinator - Tekever AS. Participants TEK

On November 1, 2016, the FLAIR project began under Horizon 2020, the European Union's framework program for research and innovation. FLAIR – an abbreviation for Flying ultrA-broadband single-shot InfraRed Sensor. FLAIR project aims at developing an airborne, compact and cost-effective air quality sampling sensor for sensitive and selective detection of molecular fingerprints in the 2-5 μm and 8-12 μm infrared atmospheric windows. The sensor is based on an innovative supercont