Best Paper Award for Alexander Lochbaum
Our institute member Alexander Lochbaum is the winner of the Emil Wolf Outstanding Student Paper Competition at the OSA Annual Meeting
Simple, low-power sensor is ideal for ‘Internet of Things’ and smart home devices
Alexander Lochbaum and colleagues have developed the first fully-integrated, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor enabled by specially engineered synthetic materials known as metamaterials. The sensor has no moving parts, requires little energy to operate and is among the smallest NDIR sensors ever created.
The sensor is ideal for new Internet of Things and smart home devices designed to detect and respond to changes in the environment. It also could find use in future medical diagnostics and monitoring equipment. external pageMore information