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High-resolution tunable mid-infrared spectrometer based on difference-frequency generation in AgGaS2

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We have built a high-resolution and high-signal-to-noise ratio spectrometer for line shape studies of greenhouse gases in the mid infrared. The infrared radiation is generated in a AgGaS2 nonlinear crystal by the well-known difference-frequency method. The choice of crystal is explained, and a brief literature review is presented. With two tunable dye lasers and a type I, 90° phase-matching geometry, the infrared is continuously tunable from 7 to 9 µm when Rhodamine 6G and Sulforhodamine 640 dyes are used. The total infrared power exceeds 30 nW and is limited by both the damage threshold and thermal loading of the crystal. Phase-sensitive detection allows us to reach signal-to-noise ratios in excess of 3500:1 while maintaining an instrumental linewidth of 1.5 MHz. However, we show that the spectrometer may be used to measure the positions of spectral lines within ±400 kHz.

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