Multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy using a pulsed optical parametric oscillator: comparison of broadband and two-colour techniques

G. W. Baxter*, J. G. Haub, B. J. Orr

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    Abstract

    The authors have succeeded in injection seeding a single pulsed optical parametric oscillator at two separate optical frequencies that fall within its intrinsically broad optical bandwidth, using a pair of external-cavity diode lasers. This OPO-based strategy enables single-shot, two-color multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy measurements that can be used for combustion diagnostics. Another form of multiplex OPO CARS employs a free-running OPO (with no form of wavelength control other than the phase matching condition) to generate broadband Stokes radiation for broadband multiplex CARS measurements. In both of these methods, the dispersed CARS spectrum is detected by a grating spectrometer and gated photodiode array. The relative advantage of two-color OPO CARS is that all the Stokes radiation is concentrated into two separate channels that are specifically tuned to spectroscopic features of interest, while the continuous spectral distribution of Stokes radiation employed in broadband CARS is spread non-selectively over the entire Raman spectrum.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest
    Editors Anon
    Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Pages154-154
    Number of pages1
    ISBN (Print)0780331699
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1996
    EventProceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe - Hamburg, Ger
    Duration: 8 Sept 199613 Sept 1996

    Other

    OtherProceedings of the 1996 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe
    CityHamburg, Ger
    Period8/09/9613/09/96

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