Frequency Comb Assisted Broadband Precision Spectroscopy with Cascaded Diode Lasers

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel broadband spectroscopy method using cascaded diode lasers combined with frequency combs, achieving high resolution and rapid scanning over a wide spectral range for applications like molecular spectroscopy and microresonator dispersion characterization.

Contribution

The paper presents a new technique that extends measurement bandwidth and speed using cascaded frequency agile diode lasers with frequency combs, enabling advanced broadband spectroscopy.

Findings

Achieved 37.4 THz measurement bandwidth from 1355 to 1630 nm.

Attained MHz resolution and scanning speeds above 1 THz/s.

Enabled dispersion characterization of microresonators up to the fourth order.

Abstract

Frequency comb assisted diode laser spectroscopy, employing both the accuracy of an optical frequency comb and the broad wavelength tuning range of a tunable diode laser, has been widely used in many applications. In this letter we present a novel method using cascaded frequency agile diode lasers, which allows extending the measurement bandwidth to 37.4 THz (1355 to 1630 nm) at MHz resolution with scanning speeds above 1 THz/s. It is demonstrated as a useful tool to characterize a broadband spectrum for molecular spectroscopy and in particular it enables to characterize the dispersion of integrated microresonators up to the fourth order.