Quantum cascade laser spectrometer for frequency metrology and high accuracy molecular spectroscopy around 10 μm

Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are an emerging technology [1] suitable for high-resolution spectrocopy and frequency metrology [2] with an incomparable frequency tunability in the mid-infrared range. We are currently developing a new compact, widely tunable QCL-based spectrometer. Such an instrument will broaden the scope of our experimental setups dedicated to molecular spectroscopy-based precision measurements.