Precision dual-comb spectroscopy using wavelength-converted frequency combs with low repetition rates.

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Department of Physics, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan.

Published: February 2023

Precision spectroscopy contributed significantly to the development of quantum mechanics in its early stages. In the twenty-first century, precision spectroscopy has played an important role in several fields, including fundamental physics, precision measurement, environmental monitoring, and medical diagnostics. An optical frequency comb is indispensable in determining the frequency axis in precision spectroscopy and it is useful as a light source for spectroscopy. Dual-comb spectroscopy uses two frequency combs with slightly different repetition rates and has the potential to surpass conventional Fourier-transform infrared spectrometers. The resolution of dual-comb spectroscopy is limited by the frequency spacing of the comb components, that is, the repetition rate of the comb. We demonstrate dual-comb spectroscopy in the visible-wavelength region using wavelength-converted frequency combs from Er-doped fiber combs. The repetition rates of the combs are relatively low at 19.8 MHz, resulting in relatively high resolution in the dual-comb spectroscopy. The observed spectral shape in dual-comb spectroscopy agrees well with the fitting result based on the hyperfine structure of molecular iodine. The realized dual-comb spectroscopy using wavelength-converted Er-doped fiber combs is reliable (maintenance free) and applicable in other experiments at visible wavelengths.

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