Characterization of new components for a miniaturized heterodyne infrared spectrometer

Pia Krause, Guido Sonnabend, Lucas Labadie, Manuela Sornig, Robert Thomson, Alexander Arriola, Arian Rodenas, Tilak Hewagama, Frank Rutz

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Abstract

We report on the development and testing of the building blocks of a possible compact heterodyne setup in the mid-infrared, which becomes particularly relevant for flight instrumentation. The local oscillator is a Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) source at 8.6 μm operable at room temperature. The beam combination of the source signal and the local oscillator will occur by means of integrated optics for the 10 μm range, which was characterized in the lab. In addition we investigate the use of superlattice detectors in a heterodyne instrument. This work shows that these different new components can become valuable tools for a compact heterodyne setup.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGround-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
PublisherSPIE
Volume9147
ISBN (Print)9780819496157
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
EventGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V - Montreal, United Kingdom
Duration: 22 Jun 201426 Jun 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
PublisherSPIE
Volume9147

Conference

ConferenceGround-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityMontreal
Period22/06/1426/06/14

Keywords

  • heterodyne spectroscopy
  • infrared
  • waveguides

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