Award Abstract #0521036
MRI: Development of middle infrared optical nose

NSF Org:	CBET Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
Initial Amendment Date:	August 2, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	September 29, 2008
Award Number:	0521036
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Leon Esterowitz CBET Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems ENG Directorate for Engineering
Start Date:	October 1, 2005
Expires:	March 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$389999
Investigator(s):	Sergey Mirov mirov@uab.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of Alabama at Birmingham AB 1170 Birmingham, AL 35294 205/934-5266
NSF Program(s):	MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
Field Application(s):	0000099 Other Applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR,9150,5345,0000
Program Element Code(s):	1189

ABSTRACT

Mirov

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The objective of the proposed project is the development of instrumentation capable of

analyzing a given gaseous sample with a full chemical specificity, with ultimate sensitivity, and real time speed. These challenging demands will be simultaneously satisfied by applying optical detection methods based on high-power, ultra-broadly and rapidly tunable mid-IR laser sources, and compatible sensing and signal enhancing techniques. The proposed laser optical nose operating over the spectral range of molecular fingerprint region (2-20 ?m) will give direct access to the strongest absorption lines of biologically, medically, environmentally, and chemically relevant trace gas molecules and is expected to have a broad technological relevance for many different fields of science and technology. The development project will bring together laser scientists, optical sensor and spectroscopy experts, environmental scientists, molecular biologists, chemists and biochemists, and biomedical research communities in an exciting

environment of interdisciplinary research and education, and will provide the opportunity for

understanding life processes and important new discoveries in biomedicine, environmental monitoring, and Counter-Terrorism related detection of toxic and explosive materials.

Such sensitive optical nose instrumentation will help to address current state and regional

environmental problems and concerns (i.e. such as what exists at the Anniston Army Depot chemical weapon incinerator). In the national arena, these sensor systems will give a unique capability of trace gas detection essential for oil prospecting, environmental monitoring, atmospheric research, food production, and on-site nondestructive detection and characterization of explosives, and biological and chemical toxic substances. This capability will help to detect dangerous agents at the earliest possible stage (e.g., airport screening) before deployment by terrorists, and may avoid future chemical, and biological terrorist attacks.

The instrumentation to be developed has the potential to become the major resource for trace gas

analysis for the state and region. The development of new toxic detection and characterization

products and technologies may lead to new spin-off companies, and help Alabama-based industries evolve from traditional heavy manufacturing jobs to future-oriented environmental science and high-tech sensing-related jobs requiring a more highly educated and skilled workforce.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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1. Yu.V. Orlovskii, T.T. Basiev, K.K. Pukhov, O.K. Alimov, M.E. Doroshenko, M.V. Polyachenkova, L.N. Dmitruk, V.V. Osiko, D.V. Badikov, V.V. Badikov, S.B. Mirov.  "Mid- IR transitions of trivalent neodymium in low phonon laser crystals,"  Optical Materials,  v.29,  2007,  p. 1115.

4. C. Kim, D. V. Martyshkin, V.V. Fedorov, I. S. Moskalev, S. B. Mirov.  "Mid-IR Luminescence of Nanocrystalline II-IV Semiconductors Doped with Transition Metal Ions,"  J. of Spectroscopy,  v.22(9),  2007,  p. 32.

4. V.V. Fedorov, S.B. Mirov, A. Gallian, D. V. Badikov, M.P. Frolov, Y.V. Korostelin, V.I. Kozlovsky, A.I. Landman, Y.P. Podmar?kov, V.A. Akimov, A.A. Voronov.  "3.77-5.05-µm Tunable Solid State Lasers based on Fe2+-doped ZnSe Crystals Operating at Low and Room Temperatures,"  IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics,  v.42(9),  2006,  p. 907.

A. Gallian, V. V. Fedorov, S. B. Mirov, V. V. Badikov, S. N. Galkin, E. F. Voronkin, and A. I. Lalayants.  "Hot-pressed ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe gain-switched laser,"  Optics Express,  v.14,  2006,  p. 11694.

J.Kernal, V.V.Fedorov, A.Gallian, S.B.Mirov, V.Badikov.  "3.9-4.8 ìm gain-switched lasing of Fe:ZnSe at room temperature,"  Optics Express,  v.13(26),  2005,  p. 10608.

S. Mirov, V. Fedorov, I. Moskalev, and D. Martyshkin.  "Recent progress in transition metal doped II-VI mid-IR lasers,"  J. of Special Topics in Quantum Electronics,  v.13(3,  2007,  p. 810.


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