• DocumentCode
    1667440
  • Title

    Comb-assisted swept laser spectroscopy with a mode-hop-free tunable external cavity QCL

  • Author

    Knabe, Kevin ; Giorgetta, Fabrizio R. ; Armacost, Chris M. ; Radunsky, Michael B. ; Crivello, Sam ; Day, Timothy ; Williams, Paul A. ; Newbury, Nathan R.

  • Author_Institution
    Quantum Electron. & Photonics Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate sub-MHz spectral resolution of N2O absorption spectra acquired with a swept external-cavity quantum cascade laser (QCL) over 0.87 THz. The QCL frequency is monitored by sum-frequency generation with an optical fiber frequency comb.
  • Keywords
    laser cavity resonators; nitrogen compounds; optical fibres; optical frequency conversion; quantum cascade lasers; N2O; absorption spectra; comb-assisted swept laser spectroscopy; mode-hop-free tunable external cavity QCL; optical fiber frequency comb; sub-MHz spectral resolution; sum-frequency generation; swept external-cavity quantum cascade laser; Absorption; Distortion measurement; Frequency measurement; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Quantum cascade lasers; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326177
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1667440