Brighter than a synchrotron mid-infrared sources for spectroscopy & sensing

本项目旨在发展中红外光谱作为一种强大的诊断工具。中红外光谱学允许光束确定物体或气体样品的化学成分。它在医学、农业、环境、国家安全和工业过程控制等领域具有广泛的适用性，但是由于缺乏明亮、低成本的光源和集成设备，它的使用受到了阻碍。该项目旨在以适度的价格实现澳大利亚制造的新光源，其亮度甚至超过同步加速器。它还旨在展示这种源的单芯片集成版本，作为部署中红外技术的第一步。

This project intends to develop mid-infrared spectroscopy as a powerful diagnostic tool. Mid-infrared spectroscopy allows a light beam to determine the chemical composition of objects or gaseous samples. It has wide applicability — in fields such as medicine, agriculture, the environment, national security and industrial process control — but its use has been hampered by the lack of bright, low-cost sources and integrated devices. This project aims to implement new Australian-made sources that exceed the brightness of even synchrotrons at modest prices. It also aims to demonstrate a single chip integrated version of such a source as the first step towards deployment of mid-infrared technology.