Long-wave mid-infrared cavity-enhanced frequency comb spectroscopy of cold, complex molecules

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Main Authors: Baradaran, Negar, Charczun, Dominik, Nambiar, Tanay, Zou, Meijun, Lee, Kevin F., Fermann, Martin E., Weichman, Marissa L.
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Published: 2025
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author Baradaran, Negar
Charczun, Dominik
Nambiar, Tanay
Zou, Meijun
Lee, Kevin F.
Fermann, Martin E.
Weichman, Marissa L.
author_facet Baradaran, Negar
Charczun, Dominik
Nambiar, Tanay
Zou, Meijun
Lee, Kevin F.
Fermann, Martin E.
Weichman, Marissa L.
contents We report the development of a new instrument for cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy of the fundamental rovibrational transitions of molecules in the long-wave mid-infrared (LWIR) region from 6500 to 10000 nm. Our setup combines a LWIR frequency comb, a high-finesse optical enhancement cavity, a cryogenic buffer gas cooling cell, and a Fourier transform interferometer to obtain broadband, high-resolution, and high-sensitivity molecular absorption spectra. Here, we showcase the capabilities of this setup by presenting the gas-phase LWIR spectra of the $ν_6$ band of ethane and the $ν_{10}$ band of the gauche conformer of ethanol near 7200 nm under both room temperature and cryogenic conditions.
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spellingShingle Long-wave mid-infrared cavity-enhanced frequency comb spectroscopy of cold, complex molecules
Baradaran, Negar
Charczun, Dominik
Nambiar, Tanay
Zou, Meijun
Lee, Kevin F.
Fermann, Martin E.
Weichman, Marissa L.
Optics
Chemical Physics
We report the development of a new instrument for cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy of the fundamental rovibrational transitions of molecules in the long-wave mid-infrared (LWIR) region from 6500 to 10000 nm. Our setup combines a LWIR frequency comb, a high-finesse optical enhancement cavity, a cryogenic buffer gas cooling cell, and a Fourier transform interferometer to obtain broadband, high-resolution, and high-sensitivity molecular absorption spectra. Here, we showcase the capabilities of this setup by presenting the gas-phase LWIR spectra of the $ν_6$ band of ethane and the $ν_{10}$ band of the gauche conformer of ethanol near 7200 nm under both room temperature and cryogenic conditions.
title Long-wave mid-infrared cavity-enhanced frequency comb spectroscopy of cold, complex molecules
topic Optics
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04383