Agency: NIH
Period of Performance: 2005
Completed at: Intelligent Optical Systems (USA)

A mobile, small size and low power consumption autonomous laboratory with abilities including in-time monitoring of soil and water contamination, atmosphere multi-gas content, temperature, humidity, UV, ionizing radiation, and microbiological background is being developed. The system uses highly sensitive portable spectrometers and laser sensors. The basic model includes the laser spectrometer and diode lasers and may be installed in any car, robot, helicopter, or in a backpack. The Hawkeye technology is based on the photonics principles with response time of fractions of seconds. This makes it possible to provide relatively fast monitoring of large areas. The next advanced model will include non-linear fiber microscope and several environmental sensors.
Related publications

I.Matharoo, I.Peshko, A.Goldenberg, Synergistically-reliable multi-gas photonic sensors for security networks, Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Forum 2010, June 7-9, 2010, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

I.Peshko, New-generation security network with synergistic IP-sensors, Proceedings of SPIE, in Optics East: Advanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies V, edited by Tuan Vo-Dinh, Robert A. Lieberman, Günter Gauglitz, 2007, vol.6755, 675508

I.Peshko, Z.Jankiewicz, Coherent light sources of the eye-safe spectral range, Opto-Electronics Review, 1998, vol.6, #2, p.111-119

I.Peshko, B.Hockley, E.Nikolaev, A.Prudnikov, New garnet crystal potentially suited for mini-laser devices of 1.5- &mu m spectral range, J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 2006, vol.352, p.2380-2384

I.Peshko, O.Cherry, T.Rutkievich, B.Hockley, V.Rubtsov, Long period Bragg grating design for chemical sensors application, Metrology Science and Technology, 2005, vol.16, p.2221-2228

I.Peshko, Phase laser intracavity spectroscopy, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 2002, vol.35, #3, p.181-185

J.Jabczynski, J.Firak, I.Peshko, Single-frequency, thin-film tuned, 0.6 W diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser, Applied Optics, 1997, vol.36, #12, p.2484-2490

I.Peshko, J.Jabczynski, J.Firak, Tunable single- and double-frequency diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser, IEEE J QE, 1997, vol.33, #8, p.1417-1423

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