MIRO Analytical is a Swiss manufacturer of laser-based gas analyzers and isotope analyzers. The company is based in

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and was founded 2018.

History

MIRO Analytical is a spin-off of Empa, a Swiss research institute of the

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domain. It has know-how in laser spectroscopy and in particular, in the combination of several

quantum-cascade laser Quantum-cascade lasers (QCLs) are semiconductor lasers that emit in the mid- to far-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and were first demonstrated by Jérôme Faist, Federico Capasso, Deborah Sivco, Carlo Sirtori, Albert Hutchinson, a ...

s (QCLs) into compact laser-based gas analyzers. The company's first instrument was a nine gas analyzer MGA-9 in 2018. By 2019 the MGA-10 a ten gas analyzer was introduced which measures greenhouse gases and air pollutants.

Technology

The gas analyzers directly measure concentrations of multiple gas species using mid-infrared laser

absorption spectroscopy Absorption spectroscopy is spectroscopy that involves techniques that measure the absorption of electromagnetic radiation, as a function of frequency or wavelength, due to its interaction with a sample. The sample absorbs energy, i.e., photons ...

with QCLs as light sources. This allows for highly specific and accurate gas detection along with maximum measurement sensitivity.

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