Quasi-real-time dual-comb spectroscopy with 750-MHz Yb:fiber combs

Abstract

We present quasi-real-time dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) using two Yb:fiber combs with ∼750 MHz repetition rates. A computational coherent averaging technique is employed to correct timing and phase fluctuations of the measured dual-comb interferogram (IGM). Quasi-real-time phase correction of 1-ms long acquisitions occurs every 1.5 seconds and is assisted by coarse radio frequency (RF) phase-locking of an isolated RF comb mode. After resampling and global offset phase correction, the RF comb linewidth is reduced from 200 kHz to ∼1 kHz, while the line-to-floor ratio increases 13 dB in power in 1 ms. Using simultaneous offset frequency correction in opposite phases, we correct the aliased RF spectrum spanning three Nyquist zones, which yields an optical coverage of ∼180 GHz around 1.035 µm probed on a sub-microsecond timescale. The absorption profile of gaseous acetylene is observed to validate the presented technique.

Dual-comb spectroscopy using free-running mechanical sharing dual-comb fiber lasers

“…Most importantly, it is possible to extract correction signals solely from the measured IGM, i.e. without any additional phase locking, photodetectors (PDs) or auxiliary lasers [18][19][20][21][22]. These all-computational approaches are essential for less mature spectroscopic regions like the mid-infrared or terahertz, where the availability of optoelectronic components is scarce.…”