Optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy

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Main Authors: Liu, Mingchen, Gray, Robert M., Roy, Arkadev, Ledezma, Luis, Marandi, Alireza
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Published: 2024
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author Liu, Mingchen
Gray, Robert M.
Roy, Arkadev
Ledezma, Luis
Marandi, Alireza
author_facet Liu, Mingchen
Gray, Robert M.
Roy, Arkadev
Ledezma, Luis
Marandi, Alireza
contents Traditional absorption spectroscopy has fundamental difficulty in resolving small absorbance from strong background due to the instability of laser sources. Existing background-free methods in broadband vibrational spectroscopy help to alleviate this problem but face challenges in realizing either low extinction ratios or time-resolved field measurements. Here, we introduce optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy, in which the excitation background is first suppressed by an interferometer and then the free-induction decay that carries molecular signatures is selectively amplified. We show that this method can further improve the limit of detection in linear interferometry by order(s) of magnitude without requiring lower extinction ratios or time-resolved measurement, which can benefit sensing applications in detecting trace species.
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spellingShingle Optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy
Liu, Mingchen
Gray, Robert M.
Roy, Arkadev
Ledezma, Luis
Marandi, Alireza
Optics
Traditional absorption spectroscopy has fundamental difficulty in resolving small absorbance from strong background due to the instability of laser sources. Existing background-free methods in broadband vibrational spectroscopy help to alleviate this problem but face challenges in realizing either low extinction ratios or time-resolved field measurements. Here, we introduce optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy, in which the excitation background is first suppressed by an interferometer and then the free-induction decay that carries molecular signatures is selectively amplified. We show that this method can further improve the limit of detection in linear interferometry by order(s) of magnitude without requiring lower extinction ratios or time-resolved measurement, which can benefit sensing applications in detecting trace species.
title Optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01016