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Horizon Europe: M3NIR

Full Name: Integrated, Modular, Multisensing, Mid- and Near- IR sensing platform

Duration: 30/9/2022-1/10/2026

Partners:

  • VLC
  • TU Wien
  • ARGOTECH
  • EUALAMBIA
  • UULM
  • Cyric
  • METISBALTIC

Objective:

  • Environmental monitoring, industrial process control, medical diagnostics, water quality control, and safety. These are several sectors in which mid-infrared spectroscopy-based sensing technology is important. The EU-funded M3NIR project will develop this technology for various applications. Using quantum cascade lasers, it will offer high reliability for the detection of trace amounts of analytes. M3NIR aims to enhance the performance, reduce the footprint and lower the energy consumption and cost of mid-infrared sensing. Specifically, it will implement detector-free sensing, combine mid- and near-infrared components, and co-integrate advanced electronics and data processing units. M3NIR will demonstrate its innovations for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and ship emissions, detecting phosphates and nitrates in water, and breath analysis for health-related applications

People involved

Publications in the framework of this project (5)

        International Conferences

      1. A. Dabrowska, T. Zhai, N. De Moerlooze, J. Missinne, B. Kuyken, G. van Steenberge, B. Lendl, On-chip mid-infrared Ge-on-Si platform for liquid sensing, 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Singapore, (2025).
      2. T. Zhai, H. K. Kannojia, D. Gachet, G. Van Steenberge, B. Kuyken, Quantum Cascade Laser Integration on Photonic Integrated Circuits for Compact Mid-Infrared Sensing, 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE), Germany, doi:10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC65582.2025.11109380 (2025)  Download this Publication (533KB).
      3. H. K. Kannojia, T. Zhai, R. Maulini, D. Gachet, B. Kuyken, G. Van Steenberge, Quantum Cascade Laser Integration with Mid-Infrared Photonic Integrated Circuits for Diverse Sensing Applications, 2024 IEEE 26th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC), Singapore, p. 272-276 doi:10.1109/EPTC62800.2024.10909783  (2024)  Download this Publication (4MB).
      4. H.K. Kannojia, T. Zhai, R. Maulini, D. Gachet, B. Kuyken, G. Van Steenberge, Quantum Cascade Laser Integration with Mid-Infrared Photonic Integrated Circuits for Diverse Sensing Applications , 2024 IEEE 26th Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC), doi:10.1109/EPTC62800.2024.10909783 (2024)  Download this Publication (4MB).
      5. G. Van Steenberge, T. Zhai, H. K Kannojia, D. Wang, J. Missinne, B. Kuyken, T. Nikas, M. Akriotou, D. Syvridis, M. Bolea, P. Baerenklau, A. Dabrowska, H. Moser, P. Waclawek, B. Lendl, etc., A modular sensing platform on silicon for the mid-infrared, 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Italy, doi:10.1109/IPC60965.2024.10799786 (2024)  Download this Publication (1.1MB).