Grahmann, JanJanGrahmann2022-03-132022-03-132016https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/39368910.1364/AIO.2016.AIT4B.32-s2.0-850161754582-s2.0-85019529420The combination of an external cavity quantum cascade laser with a MOEMS based scanning diffraction grating of 1 kHz resonance frequency and its electrostatic drive is described. The characteristics of the MOEMS scan module as well as of the entire µEC-QCL like spectral line width and wavelength reproducibility are shown. Finally the µEC-QCL is used as light source for real time spectroscopic sensing of polystyrene and carbon monoxide. Article not available.enMOEMS based scanning grating facilitates miniaturization and tuning speed enhancement of an EC-QCL towards a µEC-QCL for real time spectroscopic sensingconference paper