Recent developments in lanthanide-doped mid-infrared fluoride fiber lasers

F Jobin, P Paradis, YO Aydin, T Boilard, V Fortin… - Optics …, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Mid-infrared fiber sources, emitting between 2.5 µm and 5.0 µm, are interesting for their
great potential in several application fields such as material processing, biomedicine …

Refractiveindex. info database of optical constants

MN Polyanskiy - Scientific Data, 2024‏ - nature.com
We introduce the refractiveindex. info database, a comprehensive open-source repository
containing optical constants for a wide array of materials, and describe in detail the …

Ultrafast Nonlinear Absorption and Second Harmonic Generation in Cu0.33In1.30P2S6 van der Waals Layered Crystals

A Mushtaq, L Clink, MY Noor, C Kuz… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
The advancement of ultrafast photonics and optoelectronic devices necessitates the
exploration of new materials with optical and chemical stability to implement practical …

Nonlinear refractive index of solids in mid-infrared

GN Patwardhan, JS Ginsberg, CY Chen, MM Jadidi… - Optics Letters, 2021‏ - opg.optica.org
We measure the third-order nonlinear optical response of various dielectrics and
semiconductors using the spectrally resolved two-beam coupling method at 2.3 µm, 3.5 µm …

[HTML][HTML] High-order (N= 4–6) multiphoton absorption and mid-infrared Kerr nonlinearity in GaP, ZnSe, GaSe, and ZGP crystals

T Kawamori, PG Schunemann, V Gruzdev… - APL Photonics, 2022‏ - pubs.aip.org
We report a study of high-order multiphoton absorption, nonlinear refraction, and their
anisotropy in four notable mid-infrared χ (2) crystals: GaP, ZnSe, GaSe, and ZGP using …

Nonlinear refraction and absorption properties of optical materials for high-peak-power long-wave-infrared lasers

MN Polyanskiy, IV Pogorelsky, M Babzien… - Optical Materials …, 2024‏ - opg.optica.org
Optical materials transparent in the CO 2 laser wavelength range have been evaluated
regarding their suitability for components in ultrashort-pulse (≤ a few ps), high-peak-power …

Supercontinuum generation assisted by wave trap** in dispersion-managed integrated silicon waveguides

J Wei, C Ciret, M Billet, F Leo, B Kuyken, SP Gorza - Physical Review Applied, 2020‏ - APS
Compact chip-scale comb sources are of significant interest for many practical applications.
Here, we experimentally study the generation of supercontinuum (SC) in an axially varying …

Ultrafast nonlinear refraction measurements of infrared transmitting materials in the mid-wave infrared

TR Ensley, NK Bambha - Optics express, 2019‏ - opg.optica.org
We utilize the conventional Z-scan technique to provide absolute measurements of third-
order nonlinear refraction coefficients (n_2) in the mid-wave infrared at 2 µm and 3.9 µm of …

Single-shot multi-stage damage and ablation of silicon by femtosecond mid-infrared laser pulses

K Werner, V Gruzdev, N Talisa, K Kafka, D Austin… - Scientific reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Although ultrafast laser materials processing has advanced at a breakneck pace over the
last two decades, most applications have been developed with laser pulses at near-IR or …

Light–matter interaction

O Stenzel - Cham: Springer Nature, 2022‏ - Springer
It is my pleasure to recognize that you start reading this preface and maybe continue reading
the book afterward. Therefore, I would like to use this preface to provide some background …