Fiber lasers and their applications

W Shi, Q Fang, X Zhu, RA Norwood… - Applied …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Fiber lasers have seen progressive developments in terms of spectral coverage and
linewidth, output power, pulse energy, and ultrashort pulse width since the first …

Advances in mid-infrared spectroscopy for chemical analysis

J Haas, B Mizaikoff - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Infrared spectroscopy in the 3–20 μm spectral window has evolved from a routine laboratory
technique into a state-of-the-art spectroscopy and sensing tool by benefitting from recent …

[PDF][PDF] Mid-infrared optical properties of thin films of aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride

J Kischkat, S Peters, B Gruska, M Semtsiv… - Applied …, 2012 - academia.edu
Optical applications in the mid-infrared (MIR) part of the spectrum generally require
components to include optical coatings appropriate for the MIR to modify their wavelength …

Metal chalcogenides: a rich source of nonlinear optical materials

I Chung, MG Kanatzidis - Chemistry of Materials, 2014 - ACS Publications
Materials chemistry and the pursuit of new compounds through exploratory synthesis are
having a strong impact in many technological fields. The field of nonlinear optics is directly …

Ultralow-threshold thin-film lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator

J Lu, A Al Sayem, Z Gong, JB Surya, CL Zou, HX Tang - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Materials with strong second-order (χ^(2)) optical nonlinearity, especially lithium niobate,
play a critical role in building optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). However, chip-scale …

Low loss silica hollow core fibers for 3–4 μm spectral region

F Yu, WJ Wadsworth, JC Knight - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We describe a silica hollow-core fiber for mid-infrared transmission with a minimum
attenuation of 34 dB/km at 3050 nm wavelength. The design is based on the use of a …

Structure design and application of hollow core microstructured optical fiber gas sensor: A review

J Li, H Yan, H Dang, F Meng - Optics & Laser Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas sensors play an important role in the increasing trend of industrial automation in recent
years. Hollow core microstructured optical fibers have become a popular material for gas …

Fiber-based sources of coherent MIR radiation: key advances and future prospects

SD Jackson, RK Jain - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The mid-infrared (MIR) represents a large portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is
progressively being exploited for an enormous number of applications. Thermal imaging …

Photonic crystal optical parametric oscillator

G Marty, S Combrié, F Raineri, A De Rossi - Nature photonics, 2021 - nature.com
We report a new class of optical parametric oscillators, based on a 20-μm-long
semiconductor photonic crystal cavity and operating at telecom wavelengths. Because the …

Femtosecond fiber lasers reach the mid-infrared

S Duval, M Bernier, V Fortin, J Genest, M Piché… - Optica, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Ultrafast fiber lasers operating in the near-infrared have revolutionized laser science by
enabling numerous breakthroughs in both fundamental science and industrial applications …