Spectroscopy of the methane {nu}{sub 3} band with an accurate midinfrared coherent dual-comb spectrometer

By Esther Baumann, F. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, A. Zolot, Ian Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury. 2011

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We demonstrate a high-accuracy dual-comb spectrometer centered at 3.4 {mu}m. The amplitude and phase spectra of the P, Q, and partial R branches of the methane {nu}{sub 3} band are measured at 25 to 100 MHz point spacing with resolution under 10 kHz and a signal-to-noise ratio of up to 3500. A fit of the absorbance and phase spectra yields the center frequency of 132 rovibrational lines. The systematic uncertainty is estimated to be 300 kHz, which is 10{sup -3} of the Doppler width and a 10-fold improvement over Fourier transform spectroscopy. These data quantify the accuracy and resolution achievable with direct comb spectroscopy in the midinfrared.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy

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