Workshop: Optical Gas Sensing

Thu, 15.01.2015, Zurich

Joint Workshop with

Optical Gas Sensing

Abstract
The detection and measurement of gases using their characteristic optical properties is highly important in a wide variety of industrial, medical end environmental applications. The technology available to promote this field, in terms of key components such as light sources and detectors, has advanced rapidly in recent years, and optical gas sensing has become a dynamic worldwide market. This Workshop provides an overview on the current trends of both the technology and the market, as well on the latest technical achievements, with a focus on developments in Swiss industry and academia.

Target public
R & D, companies (from SMEs to LMEs) and researchers in the field of optical gas sensing, including light sources, detectors, and plasmonics.

Agenda
09:30 Registration, Coffee (Sponsoring Swissphotonics)
09:45 Labtour in five groups (fully booked)
11:05 Welcome, Talks
12:20 Lunch (Sponsoring Swissphotonics)
13:20 Talks
15:20 Networking Break (Sponsoring Swissphotonics)
16:00 Talks
17:45 Panel discussion: Roadmap for ubiquitous optical gas sensing
18:15 Apéro riche (Sponsoring Swissphotonics)
19:15 End of workshop

Venue
Empa Akademie
Traveling to the Empa Academy
8600 Dübendorf,
Zurich

Conference language
English

Cost
This workshop is free of charge

Deadline for registration
08.01.2015

Contact
Christoph S. Harder
President Swissphotonics
+41 79 219 90 51

Beni Muller, 23. July 2015
Speakers (PDF)
Program
Dr. Lukas Emmenegger; Head of Laboratory Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf
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Lab Tour: Empa IR spectroscopy and gas sensing
Dr. Christoph S. Harder; President Swissphotonics
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Welcome address
Prof. Dr. Lukas Novotny; Photonics Laboratory ETH
Link
Introduction
Prof. Dr. Markus W. Sigrist; Institute for Quantum Electronics IQE, ETH
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Keynote: Overview over optical gas sensing methods Sigrist
Dr. Bert Willing; Manager R&D at Rüeger SA, 1023 Crissier VD
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Industrial view: Optical gas sensing in Switzerland Willing
Dr. Emanuel Loertscher; IBM Research Laboratory - Zürich, 8803 Rüschlikon
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Plasmonic gas sensing - IR sensing of the future?
Dr. Markus Rossi; CIO at Heptagon Oy, 8803 Rüschlikon ZH
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High-volume, low cost imaging optics for the visible … and the IR?
Dr. Antoine Muller; CEO at Alpes Lasers SA, 2001 Neuchâtel
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QCL MIR light sources Muller
Dr. Ferdinand Felder; CEO Phocone AG and Camlin Technologies Switzerland, Zürich
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Tunable VECSELs for MIR optical gas sensing Felder
Prof. Dr. Peter Seitz; ETH, EPFL and Hamamatsu Photonics France, 4500 Solothurn
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Solid-state IR photosensing Seitz
Dr. Andreas Hugi; Co-Founder and Manager IRsweep GmbH, 8037 Zürich
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QCL frequency combs for high-performance optical gas sensing Hugi
Dr. Lukas Emmenegger; Head of Laboratory Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Empa, 8600 Dübendorf
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MIR Spectroscopy for environmental applications Emmenegger
Dr. Matthias Kutter CEO, Eco Physics AG, 8635 Dürnten ZH
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Photoacoustic Spectroscopy using a QCL Kutter
Roland Koch; CEO at Wilco AG, 5610 Wohlen AG
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Optical gas sensing for leak detection Koch
Dr. Thomas A. Paul; Group Leader Sensor Technologies, Corporate Research, ABB Switzerland Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil AG
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Optical technologies in the power industry: monitoring and diagnosis of gas-insulated electrical switchgear Paul
Dr. Ross Stanley; CSEM SA, 2002 Neuchâtel
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Tunable optical gas sensors using MEMS devices
Dr. Thomas Hessler; Direktor Axetris AG, 6056 Kägiswil OW
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Moderation panel discussion
Sigrist, Emmenegger, Felder, Willing
Panel discussion: Roadmap for ubiquitous optical gas sensing
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