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Cascade laser backed for real-time nitrogen sensing in wastewater 03 Mar 2021 E. coli may follow. Texas-based photonics company Max-IR Labs has won $750,000 in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding to develop a prototype nitrogen sensor based around a quantum cascade laser (QCL) source. The Dallas firm says that the “Phase II” grant - awarded via the US National Science Foundation - will also support initial field tests of the device, which promises to reduce the energy ...