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We report precision atmospheric spectroscopy of $CO_2$ using a laser heterodyne radiometer (LHR) calibrated with an optical frequency comb. Using the comb-calibrated LHR, we record spectra of atmospheric $CO_2$ near 1572.33 nm with a…

Optics · Physics 2023-10-03 Ryan K. Cole , Connor Fredrick , Newton H. Nguyen , Scott A. Diddams

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 have attracted attention as optical frequency rulers due to their tooth-like discrete spectra together with their inherent mode-locking nature and phase-locking control to a frequency standard. Based on this concept,…

Optical frequency combs have had a remarkable impact on precision spectroscopy. Enabling this technology in the x-ray domain is expected to result in wide-ranging applications, such as stringent tests of astrophysical models and quantum…

Chip-scale semiconductor laser frequency combs offer remarkable prospects for compact and power-efficient optical sensors. For the laser to be suitable for typical comb applications, its degree of coherence must first be assessed from a…

Dispersive interferometry (DPI) takes a major interest in optical frequency comb (OFC) based long distance laser-based light detection and ranging (LIDAR) for the merits of strong anti-interference ability and long coherent length. However,…

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…

We present a fully stabilized 1-GHz Yb-fiber laser frequency comb built on silica substrates, utilizing "optical cubes" to house all optical components, ensuring long-term stability and practical operation. Both the femtosecond laser and…

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 has been proven a powerful tool in molecular characterization, which remains challenging to implement in the mid-infrared region due to difficulties in the realization of two mutually locked comb sources and efficient…

In this paper, we report high-precision absolute distance and vibration measurements performed with frequency scanned interferometry. Absolute distance was determined by counting the interference fringes produced while scanning the laser…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-13 Hai-Jun Yang , Tianxiang Chen , Keith Riles

The major development recently undergone by quantum cascade lasers has effectively extended frequency comb emission to longer-wavelength spectral regions, i.e. the mid and far infrared. Unlike classical pulsed frequency combs, their…

Laser-based range measurement systems (LIDAR) are important in many application areas including autonomous vehicles, robotics, manufacturing, formation-flying of satellites, and basic science. Coherent laser ranging systems using dual…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-27 Myoung-Gyun Suh , Kerry Vahala

We report on the first direct measurement of the emission character of quantum cascade laser based frequency combs, using intensity autocorrelation. The correlation technique is based on fast electro-optic sampling, with a bandwidth…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-20 Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus , Markus Rösch , Giacomo Scalari , Mattias Beck , Jérôme Faist

The optical microresonator-based frequency comb (microcomb) provides a versatile platform for nonlinear physics studies and has wide applications ranging from metrology to spectroscopy. Deterministic quantum regime is an unexplored aspect…

Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have revolutionised the field of metrology and precision spectroscopy by providing precisely calibrated optical frequencies and coherent pulse trains. Amplification of the pulsed output…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 Jonas Morgenweg , Itan Barmes , Kjeld S. E. Eikema

Rapid and large scanning of a dissipative Kerr-microresonator soliton comb with the characterization of all comb modes along with the separation of the comb modes is imperative for the emerging applications of the frequency-scanned soliton…

Here, ultra-low relative phase jitters over a wide optical spectrum were achieved for dual Ti:Sapphire optical frequency combs. The two optical frequency combs were independently phase-locked to a Sr optical lattice clock laser delivered…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-25 Eunmi Chae , Kota Nakashima , Kosuke Yoshioka

Quantum cascade laser frequency combs are nowadays well-appreciated sources for infrared spectroscopy. Here their applicability for free-space optical communication is demonstrated. The spontaneously-generated intermodal beat note of the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 Nicola Corrias , Tecla Gabbrielli , Paolo De Natale , Luigi Consolino , Francesco Cappelli

We demonstrate an experiment which utilizes a Sagnac interferometer to measure a change in optical frequency of 129 kHz per root Hz with only 2 mW of continuous wave, single mode input power. We describe the measurement of a weak value and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-10 David J. Starling , P. Ben Dixon , Andrew N. Jordan , John C. Howell