• DocumentCode
    1771588
  • Title

    Asynchronous mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator frequency combs and applications in spectroscopy

  • Author

    Zhaowei Zhang ; Gardiner, Tom ; Reid, Derryck T.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Principles of asynchronous optical parametric oscillator frequency combs are introduced and their performance in dual-comb mid-infrared molecular spectroscopy is presented, including a specific demonstration of methane absorption spectroscopy with a resolution of 0.2 cm-1.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectroscopy; optical frequency combs; optical parametric oscillators; organic compounds; asynchronous optical parametric oscillator frequency combs; dual-comb mid-infrared molecular spectroscopy; methane absorption spectroscopy; mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator frequency combs; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989509