Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators

Ming Yan; Pei-Ling Luo; Kana Iwakuni; Guy Millot; Theodor W Hänsch; Nathalie Picqué

doi:10.1038/lsa.2017.76

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Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators

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- Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 6, Issue 4, (2017)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching, Germany
  2.Fakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80799 München, Germany
  3.Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS – Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-21078 Dijon, France
  4.Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
- Author bio：
  
  N Picqué, Email: nathalie.picque@mpq.mpg.de
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2017.76
  CLC：
- Published：2017-12，
  
  Published Online：03 May 2017，
  
  Received：13 February 2017，
  
  Revised：28 April 2017，
  
  Accepted：30 April 2017
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Yan, M. et al. Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17076 (2017).
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Yan, M. et al. Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic modulators. Light: Science & Applications, 6, e17076 (2017). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2017.76.

摘要

Abstract

Absorption spectroscopy of fundamental ro-vibrational transitions in the mid-infrared region provides a powerful tool for studying the structure and dynamics of molecules in the gas phase and for sensitive and quantitative gas sensing. Laser frequency combs permit novel approaches to perform broadband molecular spectroscopy. Multiplex dual-comb spectroscopy without moving parts can achieve particularly high speed

sensitivity and resolution. However

achieving Doppler-limited resolution in the mid-infrared still requires overcoming instrumental challenges. Here we demonstrate a new approach based on difference-frequency generation of frequency-agile near-infrared frequency combs that are produced using electro-optic modulators. The combs have a remarkably flat intensity distribution

and their positions and line spacings can be freely selected by simply dialing a knob. Using the proposed technique

we record

in the 3-μm region

Doppler-limited absorption spectra with resolved comb lines within milliseconds

and precise molecular line parameters are retrieved. Our technique holds promise for fast and sensitive time-resolved studies of

for example

trace gases.

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Keywords

Fourier transform spectroscopyfrequency combmid-infraredmolecular spectroscopy

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