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LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.202000443
关键词
Fourier transform infrared spectrometer; mid-infrared spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; sum-frequency generation; upconversion
资金
- Eurostars MIRILUS project
The novel MIR upconversion spectrometer (MIRUS) provides a record-high signal-to-noise ratio and a broad spectral coverage range, enabling operation in harsh environments. By utilizing broadband intracavity upconversion, MIRUS outperforms traditional FTIR systems with faster response rates and improved performance. Applications of MIRUS in gas sensing, plastic identification, and rapid photopolymerization monitoring have been successfully demonstrated.
Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy, which has important applications in medicine, environmental monitoring, materials, and food science, is widely performed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers as gold standard. Despite decades of development, FTIR systems are vulnerable to vibration and have limited temporal resolution due to reliance on mechanically scanned mirrors and MIR direct detectors that have a slower response than their near-infrared counterparts. Using cryogenically cooled detectors, state-of-the-art FTIR systems have reached a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of approximate to 6000 at 1 s integration time (at 4 cm(-1) spectral resolution). Here, a novel MIR upconversion spectrometer (MIRUS) is presented with a record-high SNR > 10 000 at 1 s (6 cm(-1) resolution), outperforming FTIR systems by circumventing the need for sophisticated cooling and any moving part, thus enabling operation in harsh environments. It has a spectral coverage of 6-12 mu m-the broadest for an upconversion spectrometer to date. The MIRUS uses broadband intracavity upconversion to convert the signal spanning the MIR fingerprint region to the near-infrared where sensitive Si-detector based spectrometers operate with rates easily reaching kilo spectra per second. Applications of MIRUS for gas sensing, plastic identification, and rapid photopolymerization monitoring are demonstrated.
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