Within the framework of the IR Photonics research project (photonic detection in the infrared spectral range in health technologies and environmental and energy research), vibrational spectroscopic imaging methods in the IR spectral range are to be researched and established at the Leibniz IPHT in order to address questions from the life and health sciences for which higher penetration depths in samples or tissues or higher sensitivities are required. These goals can be achieved by the lower absorption and scattering of tissue in the water window of 1-2 µm. New analytical methods will be established and new highly sensitive detectors and laser sources will be developed. 

The project is financed by the Free State of Thuringia under the number 2017 FGI 0018 and co-financed by European Union funds within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).