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Title: Systems and methods for dual comb spectroscopy

Abstract

A frequency-measurement method uses a dual frequency-comb spectrometer as an optical wavemeter to measure the frequency of a reference laser that is used to frequency-stabilize the spectrometer. The method includes measuring a walking rate of center bursts in a sequence of interferograms recorded by the spectrometer, determining a number of teeth in each of a plurality of Nyquist windows formed by the dual frequency-comb spectrometer, and determining a Nyquist number of the one Nyquist window covering the laser frequency. The reference laser frequency can then be determined from the number of teeth in each Nyquist window, the Nyquist number, and the comb spacing of either one of the two frequency combs of the dual frequency-comb spectrometer. The reference laser frequency does not need to be measured with a separate wavemeter, or calibrated with respect to a known atomic or molecular transition.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1998533
Patent Number(s):
11686622
Application Number:
17/023,080
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate (Denver, CO)
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000539; FE0029168
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 09/16/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Rieker, Gregory B., Alden, Caroline B., Wright, Robert J., and Coburn, Sean C. Systems and methods for dual comb spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Rieker, Gregory B., Alden, Caroline B., Wright, Robert J., & Coburn, Sean C. Systems and methods for dual comb spectroscopy. United States.
Rieker, Gregory B., Alden, Caroline B., Wright, Robert J., and Coburn, Sean C. Tue . "Systems and methods for dual comb spectroscopy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998533.
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journal, October 2010


Comb-Based Spectroscopy with Synchronous Sampling for Real-Time Averaging
patent-application, March 2011


Semi-automatic, octave-spanning optical frequency counter
journal, July 2008


Fast high-resolution spectroscopy of dynamic continuous-wave laser sources
journal, October 2010


Optical frequency counter based on two mode-locked fiber laser combs
journal, July 2008