scholarly journals Simplified sum frequency generation using a narrow free-spectral-range etalon

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (19) ◽  
pp. 4747
Author(s):  
Isaac G. Prichett ◽  
Aaron M. Massari
Author(s):  
Rafael Quintero-Torres ◽  
Jorge Luis Domínguez-Juárez

We show broadband sum-frequency generation (SFG) in the Green-Yellow-Orange-Red spectral range using bismuth triborate, BiB3O6 crystal (BIBO) as nonlinear material. We perform a noncollinear phase-matching configuration within BIBO crystal using the remaining light behind the second harmonic generation stage and the infrared idler of an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The obtained mixing radiation of ultrafast light sources to generate femtosecond pulses across 520.5 to 742.5 nm region is observed. SFG spectrum from single-pass cross-correlation intensity over such visible range is showed. The SFG wavelengths as a function of tunable wavelength idler OPA agrees with the expectations of parametric conversion condition and open the door to practical multi-beam or multi-color sum-frequency generators.


Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Rafael Quintero-Torres ◽  
Jorge Luis Domínguez-Juárez

In this letter, we show the broadband sum-frequency generation (SFG) in the Green-Yellow-Orange-Red spectral range using bismuth triborate, BiB3O6 crystal (BIBO) as a nonlinear material. We perform a noncollinear phase-matching configuration within the BIBO crystal using the remaining light behind the second harmonic generation stage and the infrared idler of an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The obtained mixing radiation of ultrafast light sources to generate femtosecond pulses across the 520.5 to 742.5 nm region is observed. The SFG spectrum from a single-pass cross-correlation intensity over such visible range is shown. The SFG wavelengths as a function of the tunable wavelength idler OPA agree with the expectations of the parametric conversion condition and open the door to practical multi-beam or multi-color sum-frequency generators.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Moberg ◽  
Shelby C. Straight ◽  
Francesco Paesani

<div> <div> <div> <p>The temperature dependence of the vibrational sum-frequency generation (vSFG) spectra of the the air/water interface is investigated using many-body molecular dynamics (MB-MD) simulations performed with the MB-pol potential energy function. The total vSFG spectra calculated for different polarization combinations are then analyzed in terms of molecular auto-correlation and cross-correlation contributions. To provide molecular-level insights into interfacial hydrogen-bonding topologies, which give rise to specific spectroscopic features, the vSFG spectra are further investigated by separating contributions associated with water molecules donating 0, 1, or 2 hydrogen bonds to neighboring water molecules. This analysis suggests that the low frequency shoulder of the free OH peak which appears at ∼3600 cm−1 is primarily due to intermolecular couplings between both singly and doubly hydrogen-bonded molecules. </p> </div> </div> </div>


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep K. Reddy ◽  
Raphael Thiraux ◽  
Bethany A. Wellen Rudd ◽  
Lu Lin ◽  
Tehseen Adel ◽  
...  

Vibrational sum-frequency generation (vSFG) spectroscopy is used to determine the molecular structure of water at the interface of palmitic acid monolayers. Both measured and calculated spectra display speci c features due to third-order contributions to the vSFG response which are associated with nite interfacial electric potentials. We demonstrate that theoretical modeling enables to separate the third-order contributions, thus allowing for a systematic analysis of the strictly surface-sensitive, second-order component of the vSFG response. This study provides fundamental, molecular-level insights into the interfacial structure of water in a neutral surfactant system with relevance to single layer bio-membranes and environmentally relevant sea-spray aerosols. These results emphasize the key role that computer simulations can play in interpreting vSFG spectra and revealing microscopic details of water at complex interfaces, which can be difficult to extract from experiments due to the mixing of second-order, surface-sensitive and third-order, bulk-dependent contributions to the vSFG response.


Nano Letters ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Krier ◽  
William D. Michalak ◽  
Xiaojun Cai ◽  
Lindsay Carl ◽  
Kyriakos Komvopoulos ◽  
...  

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