Conference Schedule

Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009

 

16:00 - 20:00   Registration at “Hotel am Badersee”

 

Monday, Sept. 7, 2009

 

08:00 - 09:00   Registration at   “Kurhaus Grainau” 

 

09:00    Opening Remarks

Applied Laser Spectroscopy

 

Session Chairman: Francesco D'Amato – CNR INOA, Italy

 

09:30    P. De Natale – CNR INOA, Firenze, I - Towards metrological-level optical sensors for environmental monitoring - Invited Talk

10:00    F.K. Tittel – Rice University, Houston, USA - Infrared trace gas sensing technologies for environmental, biomedical, industrial and nuclear security applications - Invited Talk

 

10:30    Coffee Break

Session Chairman: Jürgen Röpcke – INP, Greifswald, Germany

 

11:00    A. Rousseau – Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, F  –  Laser absorption spectroscopy for understanding the fundamentals of plasma/ catalyst coupling for air pollutants abatement – Invited Talk

11:30    J. Meyer – Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA – Interband cascade lasers for Mid-IR spectroscopy – Invited Talk

12:00    T. Risby –  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA – Current status and future directions for clinical breath analysis – Invited Talk

 

13:00    Lunch

 

Special Session on Breath Analysis

Session Chairman: Frans Harren – Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

 

14:00    W. Chen – 2.73 µm laser absorption spectroscopy measurements of the D/H, ¹⁸O/¹⁶O and ¹⁷O/¹⁶O isotope ratios in waters and application to human breath analysis

14:15    K. Heinrich – Mid-infrared cavity leak-out spectroscopy for trace detection of biogenic nitric oxide isotopologues

14:30    M. Metsälä – Breath analysis by cavity ring down spectroscopy

14:45    J. Zondy – A Ti:Sapphire pump-resonant singly-resonant OPO for spectroscopic breath analysis

15:00    M. Sowa – Mid-infrared cavity leak-out spectroscopy for online ¹³CO breath analysis

15:15    D. Nelson – Clinical study of CO, N₂O and NO levels in the breath of asthma and COPD patients using a fully automated quantum cascade laser spectrometer

 

15:30    Coffee Break

 

Industry Session I

 

Session Chairman: Peter Werle – Research Center Karlsruhe, IMK-IFU, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, D

 

16:00    Nanoplus GmbH – Johannes Koeth – Photonic sensing of hydrocarbons based on innovative mid infrared lasers

16:30    NovaWave Technologies, Inc. - James J. Scherer, Ultrasensitive laser-based gas sensors from the UV to MIR

16:45    Lockheed Martin Aculight – Angus Henderson, CW OPOs – High power, single frequency sources for the near to mid-infrared

17:00    Neoplas Control GmbH - Henrik Zimmermann, On recent developments of products of the Q-MACS family

17:15    Loccioni – Gino Romiti, An overview on field laser applications

 

17:30    Transfer to “Hotel am Badersee”

18:00    Opening :

 

Exhibition & Poster Session I “Hotel am Badersee”

 

1. D.R. Scherer, M.G. Allen, J.M. Hensley – Tunable external-cavity quantum cascade laser sources for gas sensing

2. A.L. Chakraborty, K. Ruxton, W. Johnstone – Tunable diode laser spectroscopy with RAM nulling – current status and future possibilities

3. F.K. Tittel, L. Dong, A.A. Kosterev, D. Thomazy – Recent advances of quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy sensor technology

4. S. Welzel, J. Röpcke – Non-linear absorption effects using pulsed quantum cascade lasers

5. J.R. P Bain, G. Stewart, K. Duffin, M. Lengden, K. Ruxton, W. Johnstone – Recovery of absolute gas absorption lineshapes using TDLS at arbitrary modulation indices

6. T. Laurila, S.-S. Kiwanuka, J. Hult, C.F. Kaminski – Broadband cavity enhanced detection in the liquid phase using supercontinuum radiation

7. A. Hangauer, J. Chen, R. Strzoda, M.-C. Amann – Laser wavelength stabilization using gases with complex spectral fingerprint

8. B. Cummings, G. Hancock, J.H. van Helden, R. Peverall, G.A.D. Ritchie, R.J. Walker, D. Weidmann –  Quantum cascade laser absorption spectroscopy

9. F.J.M. Harren, D. Arslanov, I.D. Lindsay, S. T. Persijn, K.-J. Boller – Rapid trace gas detection with cw Optical Parametric Oscillator-based Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy

10. L. Ciaffoni, G. Hancock, R. Peverall, G.A.D. Ritchie – Production and use of mid-IR radiation for breath analysis

11. S. Cristescu, M. Spunei, D. Arslanov, S. Persijn, P. Merkus, F.J.M. Harren – Fast HCN detection in human breath using a cw Optical Parametric Oscillator

12. T.H. Risby, A. Russo, C. Loccioni – Restricted single breath sampling device: standardizing sampling in breath analysis

13. J. Herbst., B. Scherer., A. Lambrecht – Optical oxygen trace gas measurement system

14. D.M. Sonnenfroh, W.J. Kessler, G. Caledonia, M. Finson, J. Cronin, D. Paulsen, S.J. Davis, P.A. Mulhall, H. Gieseler, S. Schneid, M.J. Pikal, A. Schaepman - Development of a TDLAS-based water vapor mass flow sensor for monitoring pharmaceutical freeze drying

15. J. Ma, A. Cheesman, M.N.R. Ashfold, K.G. Hay, S. Wright, N. Langford, G. Duxbury, Y.A. Mankelevich – Quantum cascade laser investigations of CH₄ and C₂H₂ inter-conversion in hydrocarbon/H₂ gas mixtures during microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition of diamond

 

20:00    Barbecue

 

Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009

 

Exhibition & Poster Session II  “Hotel am Badersee”

 

Session Chairman: Francesco D'Amato – CNR – INOA, Firenze, I

 

 

09:00    Exhibition & Poster Session

 

1. D. Richter, S. Spuler – Design and analysis of a low volume, long path length, high transmission optical multi-pass absorption cell

2. K.A. Degreif, R. Brunner, S. Adolph, S. Rademacher, R. Grisar, W.J. Riedel, A. Lambrecht – Process optimization in steel production: A novel approach for a rugged extractive laser spectroscopic system

3. P.D. van Voorst, S. te Lintel Hekkert, F.J.M. Harren – A versatile platform for trace gas detection using lasers available in the telecom window

4. T. Svensson, S. Andersson-Engels, J. Johansson, S. Folestad – Optical porosimetry for material characte­ri­sation

5. M.B. Frish, W.J. Kessler, D.M. Sonnenfroh  - Development and application of NIR TDLAS vapor phase hydrogen peroxide analyzers for biological decontamination

6. M. Witinski, D. Sayres, J. Demusz, M. Rivero, N. Allen, T. Martin, J. Anderson – Integrated miniaturized electronics systems for high speed, low noise tunable diode laser spectroscopy and other earth observation techniques

7. M. Petersen, P. Moussay, F. Idreez, J. Viallon, R.I. Wielgosz – Precision measurement of ozone concentration by laser absorption spectroscopy in the far UV

8. V.L. Kasyutich., R.J. Holdsworth., P.A. Martin – Laser based absorption spectrometers for detection of CO, NO, NO₂ and NO₃

9. S. Welzel, P.B. Davies, J. Röpcke, R. Engeln – Cavity enhanced chemical sensing using room temperature quantum cascade lasers

10. B.H. Lee, E.C. Wood, S.C. Herndon, J.W. Munger, S.C. Wofsy, D.D. Nelson, J.B. McManus, M.S. Zahniser – Simultaneous measurements of atmospheric HONO and NO₂ using cw-quantum cascade lasers

11. J. Chen, A. Hangauer, R. Strzoda, M.-C. Amann, T. Euser, Jo. Chen,  M. Scharrer, P. Russell – Near-infrared gas sensing using hollow waveguides and PCFs directly coupled to VCSELs

12. E.A. Fallows, A.M. Mathew, C.F. Bryan, J.H. Miller – In situ cavity enhanced measurements of species concentrations in a Nitrogen-diluted Methane/air, non-premixed flame

13. R.K. Ibrahim, V.L. Kasyutich, R.J. Holdsworth, Z. Abd Allah, D. Sawtell, P.A. Martin – Mid-infrared laser diagnostics of technological plasmas

14. D. Richter, B.P. Wert, A. Fried, P. Weibring, J.G. Walega, J.W.C. White, B.H. Vaughn, F.K. Tittel – Carbon dioxide isotopologue laser absorption spectrometer

15. S. Glitsch, P. Davies, F. Hempel, N. Lang, M. Nägele, A. Rousseau, S. Wege, S. Welzel, J. Röpcke – On recent progress using QCLs for plasma diagnostics and trace gas monitoring in research and industry

 

10:30    Coffee Break 

11:45    Departure

Excursion to Zugspitze 2962 m asl

 

Industry Session II  “Zugspitze”

 

Session Chairman: Peter Werle – Research Center Karlsruhe, IMK-IFU, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, D

 

14:00    Hamamatsu Photonics K. K. – Naota Akikusa, Recent developments for quantum cascade lasers and IR-detectors

14:15    NTT Electronics Corporation – Ryoko Yoshimura, Long wavelength lasers for gas sensing

14:30    Alpes Lasers S.A. – Antoine Müller, Quantum cascade lasers and their behaviour under modulation conditions

14:45    Vertilas GmbH – Markus Ortsiefer, Long-wavelength VCSELs for TDLS applications

15:00    Nanoplus GmbH – Lars Nähle, Widely tunable monolithic single mode lasers for sensing

15:15    Daylight Solutions, Inc. - Timothy Day, Results and applications of commercialized external cavity quantum cascade lasers (ECqcL™)

 

15:30    Coffee Break 

 

16:00    Aerodyne Research, Inc. – Mark S. Zahniser, Advances in trace gas detectors using quantum cascade lasers: pulsed vs CW operation

16:15    Boreal Laser, Inc. - Hamish Adam, Improved leak detection with laser-based line-of-sight gas detectors

16:30    Kware Software Systems Inc. - Gary Kidd, An open path gas flux instrument measuring water isotopes and horizontal wind vectors using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

16:45    LI-COR Biosciences – Dayle McDermitt, A new laser-based open-path instrument for measuring methane flux by Eddy covariance

17:00    Norsk Elektro Optikk - Christian Heinlein, Gas analyzers based on tunable diode laser spectroscopy: a new compact, digital, low-power analyzer design for high-speed applications and portable instrumentation

17:15    Physical Sciences Inc. – Mark G. Allen, Models of industrial partnerships for diode laser sensing

 

18:00    Cable car to the top of Zugspitze

19:45    Social dinner on the top of Zugspitze

 

 

WEDNESDAY Sept. 9, 2009

 

Exhibition & Poster Session III “Hotel am Badersee”

 

Session Chairman: Francesco D'Amato – CNR – INOA, Firenze, I

 

09:00    Exhibition & Poster Session

 

1. P. Weibring, D. Richter, J.G. Walega, L. Rippe and A. Fried – Multispecies detection and autonomous operation using a  frequency multiplexed difference frequency spectrometer

2. C. Bauer, U. Willer, W. Schade – Mid-infrared fiber coupled QEPAS sensor for the detection of peroxide based explosives

3. J.J. Scherer, J.B. Paul, H.-J. Jost – Quantitative trace gas sensing with mid-infrared difference frequency generation lasers

4. G. Wysocki, D. Weidmann, T. Tsai – New spectroscopic sensing applications with broadly tunable external cavity quantum cascade lasers

5. A. Boschetti, M. Dimauro, B. Ruperti, A. Botton, M. Scotoni – Agronomic procedures in apples monitored by ethylene detection with CO₂ laser based photoacoustic technique

6. K. Wunderle, U. Schurr, V. Ebert  – Rapid spatially scanning, direct TDLAS hygrometer at 2.7 µm for swift structural analysis of H₂O boundary layer dynamics beneath single plant leafs

7. S. Spuler, J. Fugal – Design of a digital, in-line, holographic imaging system for airborne measurement of clouds

8. H. Bozem, C.L. Schiller, H. Fischer, U. Parchatka, R. Koenigstedt, J. Lelieveld – TRISTAR – a quantum cascade laser based absorption spectrometer for the new German research aircraft HALO

9. L.A. Harper, T.K. Flesch, J. Tulip, H. Adam – Open- and closed-path laser spectrometers for use in evaluating trace-gas concentrations and emission rates

10. M. Gisi, P. Ortwein, S. Wagner, V. Ebert – Absolute FT-IR spectrometer based in-situ detection of CO in biomass combustion and validation by in-situ TD-LAS measurements

11. J. Skrotzki, C. Lauer, H. Saathoff, S. Wagner, V. Ebert – Simultaneous, absolute in situ water-vapor and extractive total-water detection in cold ice clouds using a dual 1.37 µm TDL-spectrometer

12. J.P. DiGangi, J.B. Paul, F.N. Keutsch – Design and field testing of a compact fiber-laser based laser-induced fluorescence instrument for fast in situ detection of formaldehyde

13. R.Q. Iannone, D. Romanini, S. Kassi, M. Chenevier, H.-J. Jost, E. Kerstel – Airborne and near-surface measurements of the isotopic composition of atmospheric moisture by means of optical feedback cavity enhanced absorption spectrometry

14. B. Lins, F. Pflaum, R. Engelbrecht, B. Schmauss – Absorption line strengths of ¹⁵NH₃ in the NIR spectral region and potential for isotopic ratio measurements of ¹⁵NH₃ and ¹⁴NH₃

15. C. Dyroff, A. Zahn – Compact and sensitive diode-laser absorption spectrometer ISOWAT for regular in-situ measurements of H₂O isotope ratios (¹⁸O/¹⁶O, D/H) aboard aircraft

 

10:30    Coffee Break 

 

 Afternoon Excursion to Neuschwanstein Castle and Abbey of Ettal

 

 

THURSDAY Sept. 10, 2009

 

Environmental Research

 

Session Chairman: Franz X. Meixner – Biogeochemistry Department, Max Planck Institute, Mainz, D

 

09:00    R.L. Desjardins - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada - Application of open and closed-path lasers for the measurement of agricultural emissions of methane and nitrous oxide – Invited Talk

09:30    J. Tulip – Landfill CH₄ emissions monitoring with a TDLS System

09:45    G. Duxbury – Real time in flight detection of methane, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide using a chirped quantum cascade laser spectrometer

10:00    I. Mammarella – An assessment of the performance of a commercial eddy covariance system for N₂O flux measurements under field conditions

10:15    P. Werle - Turbulence, stability and trend removal in spectroscopic time series data

 

10:30    Coffee Break

 

11:00    M. De Rosa – CNR INOA, Naples I – Laser monitoring of volcanic activity – Invited talk

11:30    S. So – Laser spectroscopic trace-gas wireless sensor networks

11:45    D. Mitchell – Remote methane sensor using TDLS via a high power Raman amplified source

12:00    D. Sonnenfroh – Diode laser-based sensor for high precision measurements of ambient CO₂

12:15    M. Höh – Simultaneous 2-D multi-channel TDLAS hygrometer for fast spatially resolved transpiration monitoring beneath plant leafs

 

13:00    Lunch

 

Session Chairman: Glenn Diskin – NASA Langley Research Center, Langley, USA

 

14:00    R. Jiménez – Harvard University, Harvard USA – Mapping the abundance of the main greenhouse gases from pole to pole with a QCL spectrometer system – Invited talk

14:30    M.A. Zondlo – Ice supersaturations during START08 and HIPPO Global from the NSF VCSEL hygro­meter

14:45    A. Fried, NCAR, Boulder USA – Airborne and ground-Based measurements of atmospheric constituents by difference frequency generation absorption spectroscopy – Invited talk

15:15    S. Spuler – Design and configuration of an all-fiber, cw laser velocimeter for airborne measurement of wind velocity and turbulence

 

15:30    Coffee Break

 

Plasma and Combustion Diagnostics

 

Session Chairman: Clemens Kaminski – Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, UK

 

16:00    J.B. Jeffries, Stanford University, Stanford USA – Tunable diode laser sensing applications for propulsion and combustion – Invited talk

16:30    V.M. Baev – Fiber laser intracavity absorption spectroscopy for multicomponent gas analysis in the atmosphere and combustion environment

16:45    M. Lengden – Two gas spectrometers for the investigation of gas absorption parameters at elevated temperatures and pressures

17:00    S. Wagner – Absolute OH Concentrations Profiles in Laminar Diffusion Flames Measured with direct TDLAS at 1.5 µm

17:15    T. Laurila – Broadband cavity enhanced trace sensing using supercontinuum radiation

 

 

FRIDAY Sept. 11, 2009

 

 

Stable Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectroscopy

 

Session Chairman: Livio Gianfrani – Department of Environmental Sciences, Caserta, I

 

09:00    J. Anderson – Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA – Frontiers of Laser Technology and the Immediate Scientific and Public Policy Challenges of Feedbacks and Irreversibility in the Climate Structure – Invited Talk

09:45    J. Mohn – High precision and site selective N₂O isotopomer analysis at ambient concentrations

10:00    J.B. McManus – Recent developments in quantum cascade laser instrumentation for stable isotopes

10:15    C.P. Morong – Development of a 2.7 micron tunable diode laser absorption spectrometer to probe ice microphysics at cold temperatures via isotopic measurements of water vapor

 

10:30    Coffee Break

 

Session Chairman: Erik Kerstel – University of Groningen, The Netherlands

 

11:00    M. Witinski – High precision ¹³CH₄/¹²CH₄ measurements using off axis ICOS at 8 μm

11:15    P. Sturm – Water vapor d²H and d¹⁸O analyses by off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy

11:30    L. Gianfrani – Measuring δ¹³C in CO₂ by optical feedback cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy

11:45    B. Tuzson – Quantum cascade laser based in situ isotope ratio measurements at Jungfraujoch (3580 masl) reveal rapid changes in δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O of tropospheric CO₂ caused by regional pollution events

 

12:00    Closing remarks

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