Participation in the Norwegian Electro-Optics meeting 2022
The Norwegian Electro-Optics meeting 2022 was the first edition of this meeting after the covid-19 pandemic and the first opportunity to share our results from this period. The meeting, held in Røros, gave an opportunity for Master’s degree students, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers from all over Norway who are working on electro-optics-related projects to interact and share ideas. The main topics for the conference included integrated optics and nanophotonics, spectroscopy and (hyper)spectral imaging, optical biosensing and imaging, and optical system design. The attendees had the opportunity to see presentations by the internationally renowned invited speakers: Prof. Thomas F Krauss from the University of York, Dr. Zoran Sodnik from Telecommunication and Integrated Application (TIA) directorate in ESA, and Dr. Steve Lecomte, the group leader at CSEM.
Our group participated with a poster titled “Methane absorption sensing at 3 µm using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) slot waveguide” presented by Henock Demessie Yallew and an oral presentation titled “Free-standing photonic crystal waveguides for on-chip spectroscopic detection of CO2” given by Jehona Salaj.
- Methane absorption sensing at 3 µm using silicon-on-insulator (SOI) slot waveguide by Henock Demessie Yallew, Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastián Alberti, Jens Høvik, Astrid Aksnes, Martin Møller Greve and Jana Jágerská
Hitherto unpublished impressive results were presented for on-chip methane detection, in which a limit of detection below the atmospheric CH4 concentration was achieved. Stay tuned for a paper describing all the details about how this was achieved.
- Free-standing photonic crystal waveguides for on-chip spectroscopic detection of CO2 by Jehona Salaj, Marek Vlk, Jens Høvik, Astrid Aksnes and Jana Jágerská
The free-standing photonic crystal waveguides were unveiled for the first time in Røros. This is a new type of waveguide developed in our group intended for applications in CO2 sensing.
