A narrow-linewidth optical parametric oscillator for mid-infrared high-resolution spectroscopy
Year: 2012
Authors: Ricciardi I., De Tommasi E., Maddaloni P., Mosca S., Rocco A., Zondy J.-J., De Rosa M., De Natale P.
Autors Affiliation: INO–CNR, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Sezione di Napoli, and LENS, European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Via Campi Flegrei 34, Pozzuoli (NA), I-80078, Italy; Laboratoire Commun de Metrologie LNE-CNAM, 61 rue du Landy, La Plaine Saint-Denis, 93210, France
Abstract: We present a narrow-linewidth, singly-resonant cw optical parametric oscillator, emitting more than 1 W in the 2.7-4.2 mu m range. The OPO is pumped by a narrow linewidth (40 kHz) fibre-laser system and the signal frequency is locked to a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity in order to increase the spectral resolution, thus obtaining a residual linewidth of 70 kHz for the signal. We tested the spectral performance of our OPO on several transitions in the nu(1) rovibrational band of CH3I, measuring line intensities and showing sub-Doppler dip detection.
Journal/Review: MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Volume: 110 (17) Pages from: 2103 to: 2109
More Information: This work was partially supported by Regione Toscana through the project SIMPAS, in the framework of POR-CReO FESR 2007-2013.KeyWords: Frequency stabilization; High resolution; High-resolution spectroscopy; Line intensities; Midinfrared; Narrow-line width; Rovibrational band; Signal frequencies; Spectral performance; Sub-Doppler spectroscopy, Linewidth; Molecular spectroscopy; Pumping (laser); Spectroscopic analysis, Optical parametric oscillatorsDOI: 10.1080/00268976.2012.699640Citations: 19data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-03References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here