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Time-domain mid-infrared frequency-comb spectrometer

Optics Letters, ISSN: 0146-9592, Vol: 29, Issue: 13, Page: 1542-1544
2004
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  • Citations
    710
  • Captures
    332
  • Mentions
    1
    • References
      1
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Article Description

A novel type of Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) is demonstrated. It is based on two Ti:sapphire lasers emitting femtosecond pulse trains with slightly different repetition frequencies. Two mid-infrared beams - derived from those lasers by rectification in GaSe - are superimposed upon a detector to produce purely time-domain interferograms that encode the infrared spectrum. The advantages of this spectrometer compared with the common FTIR include ease of operation (no moving parts), speed of acquisition (100 μs demonstrated), and not-yet-shown collimated long-distance propagation, diffraction-limited microscopic probing, and electronically controllable chemometric factoring. Extending time-domain frequency-comb spectroscopy to lower (terahertz) or higher (visible, ultraviolet) frequencies should be feasible. © 2004 Optical Society of America.

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