Frequency-comb-referenced mid-infrared source for high-precision spectroscopy

Jari Peltola; Markku Vainio; Thomas Fordell; Tuomas Hieta; Mikko Merimaa; Lauri Halonen

doi:10.1364/OE.22.032429

Frequency-comb-referenced mid-infrared source for high-precision spectroscopy

Jari Peltola, Markku Vainio, Thomas Fordell, Tuomas Hieta, Mikko Merimaa, Lauri Halonen

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Abstract

We report on a tunable continuous-wave mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator (OPO), which is locked to a fully stabilized near-infrared optical frequency comb using a frequency doubling scheme. The OPO is used for 40 GHz mode-hop-free, frequency-comb-locked scans in the wavelength region between 2.7 and 3.4 x03BC;m. We demonstrate the applicability of the method to high-precision cavity-ring-down spectroscopy of nitrous oxide (N2O) and water (H2O) at 2.85 x00B5;m and of methane (CH4) at 3.2 x03BC;m.

Original language	English
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	22
Issue number	26
Pages (from-to)	32429-32439
Number of pages	11
ISSN	1094-4087
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.032429
Publication status	Published - 29 Dec 2014
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR
QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER
RING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY
MU-M
SPECTROMETER
OPO
TRANSITIONS
SYNTHESIZER
114 Physical sciences
116 Chemical sciences

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