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Fiber MOPA based tunable source for terahertz spectroscopy

Fiber MOPA based tunable source for terahertz spectroscopy
Fiber MOPA based tunable source for terahertz spectroscopy
We have developed a terahertz spectrometer based on difference frequency generation of beams from an ytterbium fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The spectrometer has a resolution of ~2 GHz. It can be tuned rapidly over several hundred GHz, and a wider frequency range can be covered (0.7 - 2.5 THz demonstrated) by swapping in alternate seed lasers and adjusting the alignment of the beams into the difference frequency generation (DFG) crystal. The system was constructed entirely from commercially available fiber and fiber components. We present some demonstration data on water vapor absorption lines.
1612-2011
350-354
Malinowski, A.
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Lin, Dejiao
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Alam, S.U.
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Zhang, Z.
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Ibsen, M.
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Young, J.
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Wright, P.
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Ozanyan, K.
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Stringer, M.
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Miles, R.E.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Malinowski, A.
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Lin, Dejiao
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Alam, S.U.
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Zhang, Z.
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Ibsen, M.
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Young, J.
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Wright, P.
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Ozanyan, K.
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Stringer, M.
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Miles, R.E.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Malinowski, A., Lin, Dejiao, Alam, S.U., Zhang, Z., Ibsen, M., Young, J., Wright, P., Ozanyan, K., Stringer, M., Miles, R.E. and Richardson, D.J. (2012) Fiber MOPA based tunable source for terahertz spectroscopy. Laser Physics Letters, 9 (5), 350-354. (doi:10.7452/lapl.201110143).

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Abstract

We have developed a terahertz spectrometer based on difference frequency generation of beams from an ytterbium fiber master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The spectrometer has a resolution of ~2 GHz. It can be tuned rapidly over several hundred GHz, and a wider frequency range can be covered (0.7 - 2.5 THz demonstrated) by swapping in alternate seed lasers and adjusting the alignment of the beams into the difference frequency generation (DFG) crystal. The system was constructed entirely from commercially available fiber and fiber components. We present some demonstration data on water vapor absorption lines.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 March 2012
Published date: 2012
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 346487
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/346487
ISSN: 1612-2011
PURE UUID: a3288762-2254-4b9e-a659-628c22fff3f0
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:41

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Author: A. Malinowski
Author: Dejiao Lin
Author: S.U. Alam
Author: Z. Zhang
Author: M. Ibsen
Author: J. Young
Author: P. Wright
Author: K. Ozanyan
Author: M. Stringer
Author: R.E. Miles
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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