Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

Dual-comb spectroscopy of laser-induced plasmas

  • Jenna Bergevin,
  • Tsung-Han Wu,
  • Jeremy Yeak,
  • Brian E. Brumfield,
  • Sivanandan S. Harilal,
  • Mark C. Phillips,
  • R. Jason Jones

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03703-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Dual-comb spectroscopy has become a valuable tool for broadband high-resolution measurements. Here Bergevin et al. apply this technique to a laser-induced plasma detecting different species in a solid sample with a spectral resolution sufficient to resolve hyperfine splitting of the Rb D2 line.