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Mid-infrared heterodyne phase-sensitive dispersion spectroscopy using difference frequency generation

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Difference frequency generation is a flexible method for the generation of mid-infrared light. It allows downshifting a near-infrared optical signal to the mid-infrared region by means of a nonlinear process, enabling to take full advantage of the availability of optical communications components for the generation of the multi-tone signals that are characteristic of molecular dispersion spectroscopic methods. In this way, it is possible to avoid several issues associated with optical instruments in which directly modulated mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers are employed. In this paper, we take full advantage of this benefit to implement the first heterodyne phase sensitive dispersion spectroscopy gas sensor based on a difference frequency generation source. The performance of the instrument is validated by detecting with high sensitivity methane in the 3.4 µm mid-infrared band.

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The authors would like to thank the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness for supporting the project under the Grant TEC-2014-52147-R (MOSSI). The work by Borja Jerez has been performed in the frame of a FPU Program, #FPU014/06338, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

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    Pedro Martín-Mateos, Borja Jerez, Cristina de Dios & Pablo Acedo

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This article is part of the topical collection “Mid-infrared and THz Laser Sources and Applications” guest edited by Wei Ren, Paolo De Natale and Gerard Wysocki.

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Martín-Mateos, P., Jerez, B., de Dios, C. et al. Mid-infrared heterodyne phase-sensitive dispersion spectroscopy using difference frequency generation. Appl. Phys. B 124, 66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-018-6935-8

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