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Mid infrared lasers for remote sensing applications
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In this article, the capabilities of modeling materials, experimental challenges, material properties, spectroscopy, and prospects for lanthanide-doped mid-infrared solid-state laser devices are presented.About:
This article is published in Journal of Luminescence.The article was published on 2016-01-01. It has received 152 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) & Laser.read more
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Room-temperature fiber laser at 3.92 μm
Frédéric Maes,Vincent Fortin,Samuel Poulain,Marcel Poulain,Jean-Yves Carrée,Martin Bernier,Réal Vallée +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a heavily holmium-doped fluoroindate fiber, providing extended transparency up to 5μm, to demonstrate the longest wavelength room-temperature fiber laser at 3.92
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Mid-IR supercontinuum from 2.4 to 5.4 μm in a low-loss fluoroindate fiber.
Jean-Christophe Gauthier,Vincent Fortin,Jean-Yves Carrée,Samuel Poulain,Marcel Poulain,Réal Vallée,Martin Bernier +6 more
TL;DR: A mid-infrared supercontinuum extending up to 5.4 μm is generated in a low-loss fluoroindate fiber with more than 82% of the total power beyond 3 μm, promising for efficient mid-IR light generation.
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Fiber-based sources of coherent MIR radiation: key advances and future prospects (invited).
TL;DR: Many of the key advances in the innovation and development of such sources over the past few decades are described and many of the underlying science and technology issues that have resulted in specific recent source achievements are discussed, especially in light of new applications enabled by these new source capabilities.
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Recent Advances in 3.5 μ m Erbium-Doped Mid-Infrared Fiber Lasers
Ori Henderson-Sapir,Andrew Malouf,Nathaniel Bawden,Jesper Munch,Stuart D. Jackson,David J. Ottaway +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of mid-infrared Er3+-doped fiber lasers has dramatically improved in the last few years and a numerical simulation of the expected Q-switched behavior of this fiber laser is presented.
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Recent developments in mid-infrared fiber lasers: Status and challenges
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the latest research progress of mid-infrared continuous-wave (CW) and short pulse fiber lasers, including Tm3+-, Ho3+-doped, Tm 3+-Ho3+ co-depletion silicate fiber lasers for the 2.8-3.5μm region and Er3+, Ho3+, Ho3−)-doped and ZBLAN fiber laser for 2.5-μm regions.
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Mid-Infrared Laser Applications in Spectroscopy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss recent developments of mid-infrared laser sources, with emphasis on established and new spectroscopic techniques and their applications for sensitive, selective, and quantitative trace gas detection.
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Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources and Applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the development of a new monocrystalline laser and nonlinear optical materials for the mid-IR, which can be used to obtain high-brightness sources in the range from 5 to 12 microns.
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Ion‐pair upconversion pumped laser emission in Er3+ ions in YAG, YLF, SrF2, and CaF2 crystals
S. A. Pollack,D. B. Chang +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the upconversion pumped laser emission at 2.7-2.9 μm between the 4I11/2 and 4I13/2 excited states of triply ionized erbium ions (Er3+) has been studied at 300 and 100 K in YLF, YAG, SrF2, and CaF2 hosts.
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A 7-/spl mu/m praseodymium-based solid-state laser
TL;DR: In this article, the first demonstration of laser emission from the /sup 3/F/sub 3/ to /sup 2.5/F 2/sub 2/ transition in the rare earth praseodymium was reported.
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Room temperature Dy:YLF laser operation at 4.34 mu m
Norman P. Barnes,Roger E. Allen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a Dy:YLF laser operating on the /sup 6/H/sub 11/2/ to /sup 12/2 /to /sup 14/2 ) transition at 4.34 m and using a laser pumping scheme is reported.