Postgraduate Training in OPTAPHI

  • 14 individual Early Stage Researcher (ESR) research projects
  • with cross-cutting skills and coherent links between projects
  • Fellowships are for a maximum of 36 months
  • with study periods in at least 2 countries
  • Each ESR is recruited by 1 partner institute for the full 36 months, and will spend a minimum of 1 year at a co-host partner
  • (eligibility rules apply to the country of recruitment)
  • Projects are grouped into 3 research themes (Work Packages): Environmental Sensing, Agri-Food Analysis, Industrial Process Monitoring
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P2.2 P3.3 P2.4 P1.5 P2.3 P3.2 P3.4 P2.1 P3.5 P3.1 P1.3 P1.2 P1.1 P1.4 P2.2 Project 2.2: QEPAS and PTS using low cost telecoms wavelength lasers for food analysis P3.3 Project 3.3: Trace water detection in organic solvents using PTS P2.4 Project 2.4: Intra-cavity PTS with optical feedback for isotopic verification of food origin P1.5 Project 1.5: Generation and detection of photo-thermal and photo-acoustic waves in solids for advanced near-field IR imaging P2.3 Project 2.3: High Q-factor photonic cavities for PTS P3.2 Project 3.2: 2D materials for hybrid laser wavelength tuning P3.4 Project 3.4: Hybrid III-V lasers on silicon for low-cost MIR gas sensing P2.1 Project 2.1: Ultra-compact QEPAS by integrating cantilever hybrid laser with quartz tuning fork P3.5 Project 3.5: Single-mode interband cascade lasers for petro-chemical process monitoring P3.1 Project 3.1: Intra-cavity QEPAS for isotope analysis P1.3 Project 1.3: Photonic crystal hybrid lasers for intra-cavity QEPAS and PTS P1.2 Project 1.2: Long wavelength PTS for BTEX detection P1.1 Project 1.1: Compact diode-laser based QEPAS sensors for UAVs P1.4 Project 1.4: Long-wavelength QCLs for BTEX and propane detection through QEPAS Munster Technological University Cork, Ireland Politecnico di Bari Bari, Italy Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro Bari, Italy Technische Universität Wien Vienna, Austria Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France

Network-Wide Training Events in OPTAPHI

Workshop 1

Montpellier,
France

Summer School

Sicily,
Italy

Workshop 2

Vienna,
Austria

Workshop 3

Cork,
Ireland

Final Conference

Bari,
Italy

Network-Wide Training Events in OPTAPHI

Workshop 1

Montpellier, France

Summer School

Sicily, Italy

Workshop 2

Vienna, Austria

Workshop 3

Cork, Ireland

Final Conference

Bari, Italy

Individual Ph.D. Projects

Project 1.1

Compact diode-laser based QEPAS sensors for UAVs

Project 1.2

Long wavelength PTS for BTEX detection

Project 1.3

Photonic crystal hybrid lasers for intra-cavity QEPAS and PTS

Project 1.4

Long-wavelength QCLs for BTEX and propane detection through QEPAS

Project 1.5

Generation and detection of photo-thermal and photo-acoustic waves in solids for advanced near-field IR imaging

Project 2.1

Ultra-compact QEPAS by integrating cantilever hybrid laser with quartz tuning fork

Project 2.2

QEPAS and PTS using low cost telecoms wavelength lasers for food analysis

Project 2.3

High Q-factor photonic cavities for PTS

Project 2.4

Intra-cavity PTS with optical feedback for isotopic verification of food origin

Project 3.1

Dispersion spectroscopy and intra-cavity QEPAS for isotope analysis

Project 3.2

2D Materials for Hybrid Laser Wavelength Tuning

Project 3.3

Trace water detection in organic solvents using PTS

Project 3.4

Hybrid III-V lasers on silicon for low-cost MIR gas sensing

Project 3.5

Single-mode interband cascade lasers for petrochemical process monitoring