+++ONLINE KOLLOQUIUM+++ Broad-spectral-bandwidth molecular spectroscopy with laser frequency combs (Dr. Zaijun Chen)

  • Date: Jun 30, 2020
  • Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Zaijun Chen
  • Laser Spectroscopy Division, MPQ
  • Location: +++ONLINE KOLLOQUIUM+++
Laser frequency combs enable new approaches to molecular spectroscopy [1]. Dual-comb spectroscopy, a technique of Fourier-transform interferometry with two frequency combs of slightly different repetition rates, holds much promise for broadband, high-¬resolution, precise, and sensitive molecular fingerprinting. Its development in the mid-infrared region (2-20 µm), where most molecules have strong rovibrational transitions, is of fundamental interest to molecular science, though technically challenging.

The generation of mid-infrared frequency combs and the realization of a time-domain interferometer of long coherence time with two of them have been the main impediments. Our feed-forward scheme [2] has shown direct averaging of time-domain interference over 2000 seconds, without any corrections. It is now extended to the mid-infrared range around 3 µm [3-4], region of the fundamental CH, NH, and OH stretches in molecules.

Another prospect for dual-comb spectroscopy is its potential for miniaturized sensors. Integrated frequency comb sources enable first steps towards an on-chip dual-comb spectrometers for gas-phase spectroscopy [5-6].


[1] N. Picqué & T. W. Hänsch, Frequency comb spectroscopy, Nature Photonics 13, 146-157(2019)

[2] Z. Chen, M. Yan, T .W. Hänsch, N . Picqué, A phase-stable dual-comb interferometer, Nature Communications 9, 3035 (2018)

[3] Z. Chen, T .W. Hänsch, N . Picqué, Mid-infrared feed-forward dual-comb spectroscopy at 3 μm, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (9) 3454-3459 (2019)

[4] Z. Chen, T .W. Hänsch, N . Picqué, Upconversion mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy, arXiv:2003.06930 (2020)

[5] A. Shams-Ansari, et al, An integrated lithium-niobate electro-optic platform for spectrally tailored dual-comb spectroscopy, arXiv:2003.04533 (2020)

[6] Z. Chen, et al, High-resolution dual-comb gas-phase spectroscopy with a mode-locked laser on a photonic chip, JTh4A.8, CLEO, San Jose, United States (2020)


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