• DocumentCode
    689228
  • Title

    Subkilohertz-narrowed, frequency/phase-locked mid-IR quantum cascade lasers for high-precision molecular spectroscopy

  • Author

    Cappelli, F. ; Bartalini, S. ; Cancio, P. ; Galli, I. ; Giusfredi, G. ; Mazzotti, D. ; De Natale, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Eur. Lab. for Nonlinear Spectrosc. (LENS), Ist. Naz. di Ottica (INO), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We narrow QCL radiation below 1 kHz by using two different techniques: frequency locking to a molecular transition and phase locking to an absolutely-referenced difference-frequency-generated source. Applications of both techniques are presented.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; spectral line narrowing; spectroscopic light sources; QCL; absolutely-referenced difference-frequency-generated source; frequency locking; high-precision molecular spectroscopy; midIR quantum cascade lasers; molecular transition; phase locking; Adaptive optics; Optical polarization; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833610