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Dual-comb spectroscopy

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Author(s)

Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, William C. Swann

Abstract

Dual-comb spectroscopy is an emerging new spectroscopic tool that exploits the frequency resolution, frequency accuracy, broad bandwidth, and brightness of frequency combs for ultra-high resolution, sensitive broadband spectroscopy. By use of two coherent frequency combs, dual-comb spectroscopy allows a sample’s spectral response to be read out on a comb tooth-by-tooth basis rapidly and without the size constraints of a conventional spectrometer. This review describes dual-comb spectroscopy and summarizes the current state-of-the-art. As frequency comb technology progresses, dual-comb spectroscopy will continue to mature and could surpasses conventional broadband spectroscopy for a wide range of laboratory and non-laboratory applications.
Citation
Optica

Keywords

Frequency comb, dual-comb, spectroscopy

Citation

Coddington, I. , Newbury, N. and Swann, W. (2016), Dual-comb spectroscopy, Optica (Accessed October 3, 2024)

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Created April 13, 2016, Updated October 21, 2020