We introduce an innovative high-sensitivity broadband pump-probe spectroscopy system, based on Fourier-transform detection, operating at 20-MHz modulation frequency. A common-mode interferometer employing birefringent wedges creates two phase-locked delayed replicas of the broadband probe pulse, interfering at a single photodetector. A single-channel lock-in amplifier demodulates the interferogram, whose Fourier transform provides the differential transmission spectrum. Our approach combines broad spectral coverage with high sensitivity, due to high-frequency modulation and detection. We demonstrate its performances by measuring two-dimensional differential transmission maps of a carbon nanotubes sample, simultaneously acquiring the signal over the entire 950-1350 nm range with 2.7·10-6 rms noise over 1.5 s integration time.

Broadband pump-probe spectroscopy at 20-MHz modulation frequency

PREDA, FABRIZIO;KUMAR, VIKAS;CRISAFI, FRANCESCO;CERULLO, GIULIO NICOLA;POLLI, DARIO
2016-01-01

Abstract

We introduce an innovative high-sensitivity broadband pump-probe spectroscopy system, based on Fourier-transform detection, operating at 20-MHz modulation frequency. A common-mode interferometer employing birefringent wedges creates two phase-locked delayed replicas of the broadband probe pulse, interfering at a single photodetector. A single-channel lock-in amplifier demodulates the interferogram, whose Fourier transform provides the differential transmission spectrum. Our approach combines broad spectral coverage with high sensitivity, due to high-frequency modulation and detection. We demonstrate its performances by measuring two-dimensional differential transmission maps of a carbon nanotubes sample, simultaneously acquiring the signal over the entire 950-1350 nm range with 2.7·10-6 rms noise over 1.5 s integration time.
2016
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Spectroscopy, time-resolved; Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms; Spectroscopy, ultrafast; Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation.
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