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ArticleNature communications2021

Architecture for microcomb-based GHz-mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy.

Chengying Bao, Zhiquan Yuan, Lue Wu, Myoung-Gyun Suh, Heming Wang, Qiang Lin, Kerry J Vahala

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chengying Bao *T. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
Zhiquan Yuan *T. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
Lue WuT. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7503-7057
Myoung-Gyun SuhT. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.
Heming WangT. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3861-0624
Qiang LinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA.
Kerry J VahalaT. J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA. vahala@caltech.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-1380
California Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Rochester · US

Funding

United States Department of Defense | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) HD-TRA11810047United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) FA9550-18-1-0353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) offers high sensitivity and wide spectral coverage without the need for bulky spectrometers or mechanical moving parts. And DCS in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) is of keen interest because of inherently strong molecular spectroscopic signatures in these bands. We report GHz-resolution mid-IR DCS of methane and ethane that is derived from counter-propagating (CP) soliton microcombs in combination with interleaved difference frequency generation. Because all four combs required to generate the two mid-IR combs rely upon stability derived from a single high-Q microcavity, the system architecture is both simplified and does not require external frequency locking. Methane and ethane spectra are measured over intervals as short as 0.5 ms, a time scale that can be further reduced using a different CP soliton arrangement. Also, tuning of spectral resolution on demand is demonstrated. Although at an early phase of development, the results are a step towards mid-IR gas sensors with chip-based architectures for chemical threat detection, breath analysis, combustion studies, and outdoor observation of trace gases.

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PMID34772953
PMCPMC8589843
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