We report on a new coherent source that, using a phase-lock scheme to an optical frequency-comb synthesizer, achieves a 10-Hz intrinsic linewidth, is tunable from 4 to 4.5 um with a presettable absolute frequency and, when coupled to a high-finesse cavity, can provide a short-term absorption sensitivity of 1.3 · 10-11 cm -1Hz-1/2. These unique spectral features make this source a precise tool for molecular physics.

Ultra-stable, widely tunable and absolutely linked mid-IR coherent source

Galli I;Bartalini S
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Cancio P;Giusfredi G;Mazzotti D;De Natale P
2009

Abstract

We report on a new coherent source that, using a phase-lock scheme to an optical frequency-comb synthesizer, achieves a 10-Hz intrinsic linewidth, is tunable from 4 to 4.5 um with a presettable absolute frequency and, when coupled to a high-finesse cavity, can provide a short-term absorption sensitivity of 1.3 · 10-11 cm -1Hz-1/2. These unique spectral features make this source a precise tool for molecular physics.
2009
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - INO
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - INO - Sede Secondaria di Sesto Fiorentino
Infrared and far-infrared lasers
Resonators
Molecular spectroscopy
Nonlinear wave mixing
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