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Silicon-chip-based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: The development of a spectroscopy device on a chip that could realize real-time fingerprinting with label-free and high-throughput detection of trace molecules represents one of the big challenges in sensing. Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) in the mid-infrared is a powerful technique offering high acquisition rates and signal-to-noise ratios through use of only a single detector with no moving parts. Here, we present a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator platform designed for mid-infrared (mid-IR) DCS. A single continuous-wave low-power pump source generates two mutually coherent mode-locked frequency combs spanning from 2.6 to 4.1??m in two silicon microresonators. A proof-of-principle experiment of vibrational absorption DCS in the liquid phase is achieved acquiring spectra of acetone spanning from 2900 to 3100?nm at 127-GHz (4.2-cm-1) resolution. These results represent a significant step towards a broadband, mid-IR spectroscopy instrument on a chip for liquid/condensed matter phase studies.

SUBMITTER: Yu M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5951801 | biostudies-other | 2018 May

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Silicon-chip-based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy.

Yu Mengjie M Okawachi Yoshitomo Y Griffith Austin G AG Picqué Nathalie N Lipson Michal M Gaeta Alexander L AL

Nature communications 20180514 1

The development of a spectroscopy device on a chip that could realize real-time fingerprinting with label-free and high-throughput detection of trace molecules represents one of the big challenges in sensing. Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) in the mid-infrared is a powerful technique offering high acquisition rates and signal-to-noise ratios through use of only a single detector with no moving parts. Here, we present a nanophotonic silicon-on-insulator platform designed for mid-infrared (mid-IR) DC ...[more]

PMID: 29760418

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