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Holography has always held special appeal, for it is able to record and display spatial information in three dimensions. Here, we show how to augment the capabilities of digital holography by using a large number of narrow laser lines at…

Frequency combs have revolutionized the field of optical spectroscopy, enabling researchers to probe molecular systems with a multitude of accurate and precise optical frequencies. While there have been tremendous strides in direct…

Femtosecond dual-comb lasers have revolutionized linear Fourier-domain spectroscopy by offering a rapid motion-free, precise and accurate measurement mode with easy registration of the combs beat note in the RF domain. Extensions of this…

We present a new type of dual optical frequency comb source capable of scaling applications to high measurement speeds while combining high average power, ultra-low noise operation, and a compact setup. Our approach is based on a…

Frequency comb based multidimensional coherent spectroscopy is a novel optical method that enables high resolution measurement in a short acquisition time. The method's resolution makes multidimensional coherent spectroscopy relevant for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Bachana Lomsadze , Steven T. Cundiff

The femtosecond laser frequency comb has enabled the 21st century revolution in optical synthesis and metrology. A particularly compelling technique that relies on the broadband coherence of two laser frequency combs is dual-comb…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-19 Vicente Duran , Santiago Tainta , Victor Torres-Company

A laser frequency combs is a broad spectrum composed of equidistant narrow lines. Initially invented for frequency metrology, such combs enable new approaches to spectroscopy over broad spectral bandwidths, of particular relevance to…

Optics · Physics 2019-03-01 Nathalie Picqué , Theodor W. Hänsch

This paper presents a novel approach to dual-frequency comb generation utilizing a single fiber Fabry-Perot resonator, advancing the implementation of these sources in fiber-based systems. Dual-comb applications such as spectroscopy,…

We experimentally demonstrate a versatile technique for performing dual-comb interferometry using a single frequency comb. By rapid switching of the repetition rate, the output pulse train can be delayed and heterodyned with itself to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-15 David R. Carlson , Daniel D. Hickstein , Daniel C. Cole , Scott A. Diddams , Scott B. Papp

An optical frequency comb generated with an electro-optic phase modulator and a chirped radiofrequency waveform is used to perform saturation and pump-probe spectroscopy on the $D_1$ and $D_2$ transitions of atomic potassium. With a comb…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 David A. Long , Adam J. Fleisher , David F. Plusquellic , Joseph T. Hodges

We have carried out dual-comb spectroscopy and observed in a simultaneous acquisition a 140-THz-wide spectrum from 1.0 to 1.9 {\mu}m using two fiber-based frequency combs phase-locked to each other. This ultra-broad wavelength bandwidth is…

Two-photon excitation spectroscopy with broad spectral span is demonstrated at Doppler-limited resolution. We describe first Fourier transform two-photon spectroscopy of an atomic sample with two mode-locked laser oscillators in a dual-comb…

Mid-infrared high-resolution spectroscopy has proven an invaluable tool for the study of the structure and dynamics of molecules in the gas phase. The advent of frequency combs advances the frontiers of precise molecular spectroscopy. Here…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-28 Zaijun Chen , Theodor W. Hänsch , Nathalie Picqué

Optical frequency combs emit narrow pulses of light with a stable repetition rate. Equivalently, the generated light spectrum consists of many discrete frequencies spaced by this same repetition rate. These precision light sources have…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-05 N. J. Lambert , L. S. Trainor , H. G. L. Schwefel

We devise a new detection technique for mid-infrared multi-heterodyne spectroscopy. As an experimental implementation, mid-infrared light interrogates a gas sample in the 3-$\mu$m region of the fundamental CH, OH, NH stretch in molecules…

Optics · Physics 2020-03-17 Zaijun Chen , Theodor W. Hänsch , Nathalie Picqué

Mid-infrared microscopy is an important tool for biological analyses, allowing a direct probe of molecular bonds in their low energy landscape. In addition to the label-free extraction of spectroscopic information, the application of…

The sensitivity of molecular fingerprinting is dramatically improved when placing the absorbing sample in a high-finesse optical cavity, thanks to the large increase of the effective path-length. As demonstrated recently, when the…

We propose a new approach to near-infrared molecular spectroscopy, harnessing advanced concepts of optical telecommunications and supercontinuum photonics. We generate, without mode-locked lasers, two frequency combs of slightly different…

Infrared spectroscopy in the spectral fingerprint region from 6-12 um accesses the largest molecular absorption cross-sections, permitting sensitive, quantitative and species-specific measurements. Here, we show how dual-comb…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-26 O. Kara , L. Maidment , T. Gardiner , P. G. Schunemann , D. T. Reid

A high-resolution broad-spectral-bandwidth spectrometer on a chip would create new opportunities for gas-phase molecular fingerprinting, especially in environmental sensing. A resolution high enough to observe transitions at atmospheric…