https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135702003
Atomic and molecular spectroscopy with optical-frequency-comb-referenced IR coherent sources
1 Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) – CNR and European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), via Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino FI, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) – CNR, via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli NA, Italy
3 NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze – CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa PI, Italy
4 Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) – CNR, Largo Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy
a e-mail: pablo.canciopastor@ino.it
We provide a review of progress in the development of metrological-grade measurements in atomic and molecular systems through the extension, in the mid-infrared and far-infrared range, of optical frequency combs (OFCs) and the introduction of new techniques and highly coherent sources.
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