Title :
High-brilliance mid-infrared femtosecond light source for surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy
Author :
Neubrech, F. ; Steinle, T. ; Steinmann, A. ; Yin, X. ; Giessen, H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Centre SCOPE, Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
We combine surface-enhanced infrared absorption and a high brilliance optical parametric light source to enable ultra-sensitive and fast Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of only 10 000 molecules; inaccessible with conventional thermal light sources or synchrotron radiation.
Keywords :
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric oscillators; fast Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy; high brilliance optical parametric light source; high-brilliance mid-infrared femtosecond light source; surface-enhanced infrared absorption; surface-enhanced infrared spectroscopy; Absorption; Frequency conversion; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
