Abstract
Optical frequency comb (OFC) spectroscopy in the mid-infrared (MIR) promises faster, more precise, or more sensitive molecular spectroscopy. To date, demonstrations of MIR OFCs have suffered from low power, poor wavelength coverage, or low sensitivity. Systems that do excel in these areas have high cost and complexity. The technique and measurements reported here demonstrate that singly resonant, single frequency optical parametric oscillators (OPO’s) are a powerful platform for generating MIR OFC’s with properties not shown by other MIR light sources.
About the speaker
Matthew Cich, Ph.D., is a frequency comb applications scientist at TOPTICA Photonics Inc. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Carleton College in 2008 and a doctorate in chemistry from Stony Brook University in 2014. Cich was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where his research focused on high-resolution molecular spectroscopy. He joined TOPTICA Photonics in 2018. He has over a decade of experience in applied optical frequency combs, and he focuses on utilizing frequency combs’ unique and powerful capabilities in a variety of established and novel applications.
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