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Frequency down-conversion of solid-state laser sources to the mid-infrared spectral range using non-oxide nonlinear crystals

Valentin Petrov
- 01 Jul 2015 - 
- Vol. 42, pp 1-106
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In this article, the development of parametric devices down-converting the laser frequency to the mid-infrared (3-30 µm) based on non-oxide nonlinear optical crystals is reviewed.
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This article is published in Progress in Quantum Electronics.The article was published on 2015-07-01. It has received 335 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Optical parametric amplifier & Cross-polarized wave generation.

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Difference-frequency generation of ultrashort pulses in the mid-IR using Yb-fiber pump systems and AgGaSe(2).

TL;DR: AgGaSe(2) is employed for difference-frequency generation between signal and idler of synchronously-pumped picosecond / femtosecond OPOs at 80 / 53 MHz to represent the highest values at such high repetition rates.
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Octave-spanning single-cycle middle-infrared generation through optical parametric amplification in LiGaS2.

TL;DR: The generation of extremely broadband and inherently phase-locked mid-infrared pulses covering the 5 to 11 µm region based on two stages of optical parametric amplification starting from a 270-fs Yb:KGW laser source is reported.
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Angle noncritical phase-matched second-harmonic generation in the monoclinic crystal BaGa 4 Se 7

TL;DR: A complete study of angle noncritical phase-matched second-harmonic generation in BaGa4Se7 in the mid-infrared region is performed and it is shown that it does not rotate as a function of wavelength.
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Close look on cubic Tm:KY 3 F 10 crystal for highly efficient lasing on the 3 H 4 → 3 H 5 transition

TL;DR: Czochralski growth, detailed ground- and excited-state absorption and emission spectroscopy and highly-efficient mid-infrared laser operation of a cubic potassium yttrium fluoride crystal, Tm:KY3F10, are reported on.
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Off-axis quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy using a pulsed nanosecond mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator.

TL;DR: In this paper, a trace gas sensor based on photo-acoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS), consisting of two acoustically coupled micro-resonators with an off-axis 20 kHz quartz tuning fork (QTF), is demonstrated.
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Nonlinear optics

TL;DR: In this method, non-linear susceptibility tensors are introduced which relate the induced dipole moment to a power series expansion in field strengths and the various experimental observations are described and interpreted in terms of this formalism.
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Interactions between light waves in a nonlinear dielectric

TL;DR: In this paper, the induced nonlinear electric dipole and higher moments in an atomic system, irradiated simultaneously by two or three light waves, are calculated by quantum-mechanical perturbation theory.
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Quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation: tuning and tolerances

TL;DR: The theory of quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in both the space domain and the wave vector mismatch domain is presented in this paper, where various types of errors in the periodicity of these structures are analyzed to find their effects on the conversion efficiency and on the shape of the tuning curve.
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