• DocumentCode
    2664377
  • Title

    Doppler-free spectroscopy using a mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator linked to a frequency comb generator

  • Author

    Vainio, Markku ; Merimaa, Mikko ; Halonen, Lauri

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Metrol. & Accreditation (MIKES), Espoo, Finland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-5 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    A method to measure the absolute frequencies of molecular transitions in the mid-infrared region is presented. The method is based on a mid-infrared cw optical parametric oscillator, which can be used for sub-Doppler molecular spectroscopy at ~ 3.4 μm while being phase-coherently linked to an optical frequency comb in the visible/near-infrared.
  • Keywords
    optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse generation; Doppler-free spectroscopy; absolute frequencies; frequency comb generator; mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator; molecular transitions; optical frequency comb; sub-Doppler molecular spectroscopy; Frequency measurement; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fibers; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control and the European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2011 Joint Conference of the IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Fransisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-111-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FCS.2011.5977732
  • Filename
    5977732