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

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Author(s)

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

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.
Proceedings Title
CLEO 2012, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Conference Dates
May 6-11, 2012
Conference Location
San Jose, CA, US

Keywords

comb-assisted spectroscopy, mid-infrared, optical frequency comb, N2O, quantum cascade laser frequency metrology

Citation

Knabe, K. , Giorgetta, F. , Newbury, N. , Armacost, C. , Radunsky, M. , Crivello, S. , Day, T. and Williams, P. (2012), Comb-assisted swept laser spectroscopy with a mode-hop free tunable external cavity QCL, CLEO 2012, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, CA, US (Accessed October 26, 2025)

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Created April 30, 2012, Updated October 12, 2021
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