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Frequency down-conversion of solid-state laser sources to the mid-infrared spectral range using non-oxide nonlinear crystals
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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.About:
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.read more
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Analysis and prediction of mid-IR nonlinear optical metal sulfides with diamond-like structures
TL;DR: In this article, a 3D framework connected by various sulfide tetrahedral units, such as PS4, SiS4, GeS4 and AgS4 is characterized for nonlinear optical applications in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region.
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Mid-Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials Based on Metal Chalcogenides: Structure–Property Relationship
TL;DR: In this paper, the discovery of superior mid-IR NLO metal chalcogenides is still a big challenge mainly due to the difficulty of achieving a good balance between the NLO effect and laser damage threshold (LDT).
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A review on structure-performance relationship toward the optimal design of infrared nonlinear optical materials with balanced performances
Kui Wu,Shilie Pan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the structure-performance relationship for 49 compounds and the result shows that alkali or/and alkaline earth metals must be the preferred cations to maintain the wide optical bandgap.
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First-Principles Design and Simulations Promote the Development of Nonlinear Optical Crystals.
TL;DR: The computer-assisted exploration for new functional NLO materials is useful for understanding structure-property relationships and can provide researchers with a new approach to cost-effective and data-driven materials design.
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Recent advances and future perspectives on infrared nonlinear optical metal halides
TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between the structural features and NLO performances in the reported metal halide NLO materials is investigated, and the determination rules of these microscopic structures on NLO properties in metal halides are summarized and analyzed on the basis of the combination of available experimental data and first-principles results.
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Grating tunable 4-14 µm GaAs optical parametric oscillator pumped at 3 µm.
TL;DR: A broadly and continuously tunable optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on orientation-patterned GaAs (OP-GaAs) operating at 2 kHz repetition rate that potentially allows fast wavelength tuning over > 2500 nm by fast steering the diffraction grating at a fixed pump wavelength.
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Midinfrared Optical Parametric Amplifier With 6.4–11 $\mu \text{m}$ Range Based on BaGa 4 Se 7
Feng Yang,Jiyong Yao,Hong-Yan Xu,Fengfeng Zhang,Naixia Zhai,Zuohong Lin,Nan Zong,Qinjun Peng,Jing-Yuan Zhang,Dafu Cui,Yicheng Wu,Chuangtian Chen,Zuyan Xu +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a widely tunable picosecond mid-infrared (MIR) optical parametric amplifier (OPA) with wavelength ranging from 6.4 to 11 $\mu \text{m}$ based on the BaGa4Se7 crystal was demonstrated.
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Carrier envelope offset frequency of a doubly resonant, nondegenerate, mid-infrared GaAs optical parametric oscillator.
Kevin F. Lee,Jie Jiang,Christian Mohr,J. Bethge,Martin E. Fermann,Nick Leindecker,Konstantin L. Vodopyanov,Peter G. Schunemann,Ingmar Hartl +8 more
TL;DR: The carrier envelope offset (CEO) frequency of the mid-infrared frequency comb from a doubly resonant nondegenerate synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (SPOPO) is measured as a function of the CEO Frequency of the Tm-fiber pump laser.
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Singly resonant CdSe infrared parametric oscillator
R. L. Herbst,Robert L. Byer +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an infrared singly resonant parametric oscillator using CdSe as the nonlinear crystal was demonstrated using a Q-switched Nd : YAG laser operating at 1.833 μ as a pump source.
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Optical parametric generation in CdSiP2.
TL;DR: Efficient generation of picosecond pulses in the near- and mid-IR in the new nonlinear material CdSiP(2) pumped at 1.064 μm by an amplified mode-locked Nd:YVO(4) laser at a 100 kHz repetition rate is reported.