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Parametric down-conversion devices: The coverage of the mid-infrared spectral range by solid-state laser sources

Valentin Petrov
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
- Vol. 34, Iss: 3, pp 536-554
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In this paper, the development of parametric down-conversion devices operating in the mid-infrared, from 3μm to about 20μm, based on non-oxide nonlinear optical crystals is reviewed.
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This article is published in Optical Materials.The article was published on 2012-01-01. It has received 131 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Optical parametric amplifier & Laser.

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Mid-Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials Based on Metal Chalcogenides: Structure–Property Relationship

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Mid-infrared frequency comb via coherent dispersive wave generation in silicon nitride nanophotonic waveguides

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7 μm, ultrafast, sub-millijoule-level mid-infrared optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier pumped at 2 μm

TL;DR: In this paper, an all-fiber pumped optical parametric chirped pulse amplifier (OPCPA) was proposed to generate self-carrier-to-envelope-phase stable, sub-eight-optical-cycle duration pulses at 7 μm wavelength approaching millijoule-level pulse energy at 100 Hz repetition rate.
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Next-generation mid-infrared sources

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the current state-of-the-art mid-IR sources, in particular thermal emitters, which have long been utilized, and the relatively new quantumand interband-cascade lasers, as well as the applications served by these sources.
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Handbook of nonlinear optical crystals

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a complete description of the properties and applications of all non-linear crystals reported in the literature up to the beginning of 1990, including the most important equations for calculating parameters of nonlinear frequency converters.
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