Project dates: 1 Feb 2010 – 31 Jan 2013

The aim of this project is to develop a novel no-moving-parts FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra-Red) system for Carbon Capture and Storage and climate-related sensing applications based on twinned asynchronous mid-IR femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPO). This system would have the potential to acquire a high-resolution spectrum over a wide IR region in only a few milliseconds, provide high spectroscopic resolutions of < 0.01 cm-1, offer range-gated detection and provide a collimated diffraction-limited beam for propagation over 100s of metres.

NPL staff involved with the project

Tom Gardiner

Collaborations

• Zhaowei Zhang, Heriot-Watt University
• Derryck Reid, Heriot-Watt University

Publications

• Broadband conversion in an Yb:KYW-pumped ultrafast optical parametric oscillator with a long nonlinear crystal
  Z. Zhang, J. Sun, T. Gardiner, and D. T. Reid
  Opt. Express, 19, pages 17127-17132 (2011)
• Asynchronous modelocked Yb: KYW lasers for dual-comb spectroscopy
  Z. Zhang, T. Gardiner and D. T. Reid
  Electronics Letters, 47, pp 1140-1142 (2011)

Conferences and Presentations

• Asynchronous modelocked Yb: KYW lasers for dual-comb spectroscopy
  Z. Zhang, T. Gardiner and D. T. Reid
  CLEO/Europe EQEC 2011, Munich
  Lasers and Electro-optics poster presentation (CF.P.12)