Health and climate

One-of-a-kind laser facility will place Denmark at the global forefront of photonics and precision spectroscopy

Supported by the Carlsberg Foundation we’re establishing a laser system that will allow us to see and analyse molecules with unprecedented speed and precision benefiting health and climate monitoring.

Facts

The working principle:

Two coherent laser sources (frequency combs) produce discrete, equally-spaced optical frequencies.

A sample is placed in the beam path, and the interference between the two combs, which have a slight offset in their pulse repetition rates, generates a measurable radio-frequency signal.

Contact

Christian Pedersen

Christian Pedersen Group Leader, Professor