2D IR spectroscopy at 100 kHz utilizing a Mid-IR OPCPA laser source

Bradley M Luther; Kathryn M Tracy; Michael Gerrity; Susannah Brown; Amber T Krummel

doi:10.1364/oe.24.004117

2D IR spectroscopy at 100 kHz utilizing a Mid-IR OPCPA laser source

Opt Express. 2016 Feb 22;24(4):4117-27. doi: 10.1364/oe.24.004117.

Authors

Bradley M Luther, Kathryn M Tracy, Michael Gerrity, Susannah Brown, Amber T Krummel

PMID: 26907062
DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.004117

Abstract

We present a 100 kHz 2D IR spectrometer. The system utilizes a ytterbium all normal dispersion fiber oscillator as a common source for the pump and seed beams of a MgO:PPLN OPCPA. The 1030 nm OPCPA pump is generated by amplification of the oscillator in cryocooled Yb:YAG amplifiers, while the 1.68 μm seed is generated in a OPO pumped by the oscillator. The OPCPA outputs are used in a ZGP DFG stage to generate 4.65 μm pulses. A mid-IR pulse shaper delivers pulse pairs to a 2D IR spectrometer allowing for data collection at 100 kHz.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't