Title :
High resolution infrared spectroscopy on the Mark III free-electron laser
Author :
Szarmes, Eric B. ; Madey, John M.J.
Author_Institution :
Free-Electron Laser Lab., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
We have developed the capability to phase lock the picosecond infrared optical pulses from the Mark III free-electron laser, and have implemented an apparatus to compress these pulses down to several hundred femtoseconds. Spectroscopy with sub-megahertz resolution is possible by filtering the individual longitudinal modes, and Doppler-free and coherent nonlinear spectroscopies can be performed using the unfiltered train of ultrashort pulses
Keywords :
free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectroscopy; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; spectroscopic light sources; Doppler-free spectroscopy; Mark III free-electron laser; coherent nonlinear spectroscopy; high resolution infrared spectroscopy; longitudinal mode filtering; phase locking; picosecond infrared optical pulses; pulse compression; sub-megahertz resolution; ultrashort pulse unfiltered train; Free electron lasers; Infrared spectra; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379397
