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IEEE Photonics Journal, 2010 We review breakthroughs in the area of mid-infrared laser development. We summarize 2009 research across a broad range of mid-infrared laser technologies, including bulk solid-state lasers, fiber lasers, and nonlinear optics for the generation of ...
Timothy J. Carrig, Andrew M. Schober
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Mid-infrared InAs/InP quantum-dot lasers [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsMid-infrared semiconductor lasers operating in the 2.0–5.0 μm spectral range play an important role for various applications, including trace-gas detection, biomedical analysis, and free-space optical communication.
Yangqian Wang +26 more
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GeSnOI mid-infrared laser technology [PDF]
Light: Science & Applications, 2021 GeSn alloys are promising materials for CMOS-compatible mid-infrared lasers manufacturing. Indeed, Sn alloying and tensile strain can transform them into direct bandgap semiconductors.
Binbin Wang +16 more
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Mid-infrared hyperchaos of interband cascade lasers
Light: Science & Applications, 2022 Chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems is featured with irregular appearance and with high sensitivity to initial conditions. Near-infrared light chaos based on semiconductor lasers has been extensively studied and has enabled various applications.
Yu Deng +7 more
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High-power, high-wall-plug-efficiency quantum cascade lasers with high-brightness in continuous wave operation at 3–300μm [PDF]
Light: Science & ApplicationsQuantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are unipolar quantum devices based on inter-sub-band transitions. They break the electron-hole recombination mechanism in traditional semiconductor lasers, overcome the long-lasting bottleneck which is that the emission ...
Manijeh Razeghi, Yanbo Bai, Feihu Wang
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IEEE Photonics Journal, 2021 We present a difference frequency generator (DFG) based on a 2-mm-long MgO-doped aperiodically-poled lithium-niobate (APPLN) crystal with a linearly-varying poling-period.
Xi Feng +6 more
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Development Progress of 3–5 μm Mid-Infrared Lasers: OPO, Solid-State and Fiber Laser
Applied Sciences, 2021 A 3–5 μm mid-infrared band is a good window for atmospheric transmission. It has the advantages of high contrast and strong penetration under high humidity conditions. Therefore, it has important applications in the fields of laser medicine, laser radar,
Tingwei Ren +5 more
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InAs-Based Quantum Cascade Lasers with Extremely Low Threshold
Photonics, 2022 We report InAs-based quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) operating near 14 µm with a threshold current density Jth as low as 0.6 kA/cm2 at room temperature. The threshold obtained is lower than the Jth of the best reported InP-based QCLs to date without facet ...
Kumar Kinjalk +5 more
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High-Power Mid-Infrared (λ∼3-6 μm) Quantum Cascade Lasers
IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022 The performances of mid-infrared (IR) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are now reaching a maturity level that enables a variety of applications which require compact laser sources capable of watt-range output powers with high beam quality.
Luke J. Mawst, Dan Botez
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Nanocrystalline (Ho0.03Y0.97)2Hf2O7 luminophore for near- and mid-infrared [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 In recent years, a great scientific effort was dedicated to extending the operating range of lasers and amplifiers beyond the conventional 1.5 – 2.0 μm.
Vařák Petr +2 more
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