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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Tri-Comb Multidimensional Coherent Spectroscopy

Bachana Lomsadze, Steven T. Cundiff

Published Oct 18, 2019• 29 citations
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Abstract

We review tri-comb spectroscopy, a novel optical approach to nonlinear spectroscopy. This optical method that we have recently developed enables the measurement of comb resolution multidimensional coherent spectra in under one second. We show the improvement in resolution and acquisition speed by applying the method to Doppler broadened rubidium vapor. We also show how this method can be used for real-time chemical sensing applications.

DOI
10.1109/lpt.2019.2948342

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Frequency-comb based multidimensional coherent spectroscopy is a novel optical method that enables high-resolution measurement in a short acquisition time. The method's resolution makes multidimensional coherent spectroscopy relevant for atomic systems that have narrow resonances. We use double-quantum multidimensional coherent spectroscopy to reveal collective hyperfine resonances in rubidium vapor at 100 °C induced by dipole-dipole interactions. We observe tilted and elongated line shapes in the double-quantum 2D spectra, which have never been reported for Doppler-broadened systems. The elongated line shapes suggest that the signal is predominately from the interacting atoms that have a near zero relative velocity.
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