title: Frequency comb assisted two-photon vibrational spectroscopy.
abstract: We report a setup for high-resolution two-photon spectroscopy using a mid-infrared continuous wave optical parametric oscillator (CW-OPO) and a near-infrared diode laser as the excitation sources, both of which are locked to fully stabilized optical frequency combs. The diode laser is directly locked to a commercial near-infrared optical frequency comb using an optical phase-locked loop. The near-infrared frequency comb is also used to synchronously pump a degenerate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator to produce a fully stabilized mid-infrared frequency comb. The beat frequency between the mid-infrared comb and the CW-OPO is then stabilized through frequency locking. We used the setup to measure a double resonant two-photon transition to a symmetric vibrational state of acetylene with a sub-Doppler resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio.
authors.forename: Juho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karhu
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metsälä
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Halonen