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High-harmonic generation (HHG) provides short-wavelength light that is useful for precision spectroscopy and probing ultrafast dynamics. We report efficient, phase-coherent harmonic generation up to 9th-order (333 nm) in chirped…

Frequency-modulation (FM) spectroscopy has been extended to the vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Coherent VUV laser radiation is produced by resonance-enhanced sum-frequency mixing…

Ultrafast optical frequency combs allow for both high spectral and temporal resolution in molecular spectroscopy and have become a powerful tool in many areas of chemistry and physics. Ultrafast lasers and frequency combs generated from…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-08 Jie Zhan , Nicholas D. Cooper , Melanie A. R. Reber

The mid-infrared spectral range (2 to 20 \mu m) is of particular importance for chemistry, biology and physics as many molecules exhibit strong ro-vibrational fingerprints. Frequency combs - broad spectral bandwidth coherent light sources…

Recently developed techniques for generating precisely equidistant optical frequencies over broad wavelength ranges are revolutionizing precision physical measurement [1-3]. These frequency "combs" are produced primarily using relatively…

Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have proven to be invaluable tools for a wide range of applications in precision spectroscopy and metrology. A novel principle of optical frequency comb generation in whispering-gallery…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-12 Pascal Del'Haye , Scott B. Papp , Scott A. Diddams

Mid-infrared optical frequency combs are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy due to the large absorption of molecular vibrational modes on one hand, and the ability to implement superior comb-based spectroscopic modalities…

High-resolution ultrasound based imaging techniques like photoacoustic (PA) imaging that require fast detection of acoustic waves, are often coupled with an opto-mechanical sensor like a Fabry-Perot cavity (FPC) for enhanced sensitivity at…

We report a broadband long-wave infrared Fourier transform spectrometer with sensitivity exceeding that of previously reported direct-detection implementations. The system combines dual-comb spectroscopy with electro-optic sampling,…

Tunable mid-infrared lasers are essential for optical sensing and imaging. Existing technologies, however, face challenges in simultaneously achieving broadband spectral tunability and ultra-rapid scan rates, limiting their utility in…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-20 Xiaoshuai Ma , Tianjian Lv , Xudong Zhu , Ming Yan , Heping Zeng

Leveraging hybrid integration, we demonstrate dark-pulse formation at 780-nm wavelength band in integrated Si$_3$N$_4$ microresonators driven by high-power AlGaAs-based chip-scale lasers. The device outputs coherent frequency combs with…

Accurate parameters of molecular hot-band transitions, i.e., those starting from vibrationally excited levels, are needed to accurately model high-temperature spectra in astrophysics and combustion, yet laboratory spectra measured at high…

We have demonstrated a new technique that provides massively parallel comb spectroscopy sensitive specifically to ions through the combination of cavity-enhanced direct frequency comb spectroscopy with velocity modulation spectroscopy.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Laura C. Sinclair , Kevin C. Cossel , Tyler Coffey , Jun Ye , Eric A. Cornell

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

Optical frequency combs are key to optical precision measurements. While most frequency combs operate in the near-infrared regime, many applications require combs at mid-infrared, visible or even ultra-violet wavelengths. Frequency combs…

Mid-infrared frequency comb spectroscopy enables measurement of molecular at megahertz spectral resolution, sub-hertz frequency accuracy and microsecond acquisition speed. However, the widespread adoption of this technique has been hindered…

Optical frequency combs provide a phase-coherent interface between optical and microwave domains, underpinning advances in precision metrology, spectroscopy, and time-frequency transfer. Most conventional comb architectures are limited to…

Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) is a powerful Fourier-transform spectroscopic technique that provides high-speed, high-resolution, and broadband measurements without moving parts. However, the high peak power of mode-locked pulses limits the…

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The broad and equidistant spectrum of frequency combs has had a profound impact on spectroscopic studies. Particularly, experiments involving the coupling of frequency combs to cavities have already enabled unprecedented broadband and…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-10 Andrei Diakonov , Konstantin Khrizman , Eliran Zano , Liron Stern

We show that the use of an optical frequency comb probe leads to dramatically improved bandwidth (as high as 12+/-1 MHz) for the detection of modulated radio frequencies in Rydberg atom-based electrometry.