[HTML][HTML] Review of mid-infrared mode-locked laser sources in the 2.0 μm–3.5 μm spectral region

J Ma, Z Qin, G Xie, L Qian, D Tang - Applied Physics Reviews, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrafast laser sources operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, which contains the
characteristic fingerprint spectra of many important molecules and transparent windows of …

Frontiers of mid-IR lasers based on transition metal doped chalcogenides

SB Mirov, IS Moskalev, S Vasilyev… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling broad tunability, high peak and average power, ultrashort pulse duration, and all
known modes of laser operation-transition-metal (TM)-doped II-VI chalcogenides are the …

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

H Guo, C Herkommer, A Billat, D Grassani, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mid-infrared optical frequency combs are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy
due to the large absorption of molecular vibrational modes on the one hand, and the ability …

Progress in mid-IR lasers based on Cr and Fe-doped II–VI chalcogenides

SB Mirov, VV Fedorov, D Martyshkin… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transition metal (TM) doped II-VI chalcogenide laser materials offer a unique blend of
physical, spectroscopic, and technological parameters that make them the gain media of …

Ultrafast middle-IR lasers and amplifiers based on polycrystalline Cr: ZnS and Cr: ZnSe

S Vasilyev, I Moskalev, M Mirov, V Smolski… - Optical Materials …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Transition-metal-doped II-VI semiconductors possess a unique blend of physical,
spectroscopic, optical, and technological parameters. These materials enable high power …

Femtosecond Cr2+-Based Lasers

IT Sorokina, E Sorokin - IEEE Journal of selected topics in …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review a novel class of femtosecond Cr 2+-doped ZnSe and ZnS lasers, which operates
in a very important for applications wavelength range between 2 and 3.5 μm and which …

Sub-two-cycle octave-spanning mid-infrared fiber laser

J Huang, M Pang, X Jiang, F Köttig, D Schade, W He… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Compact and powerful ultrafast light sources at high pulse repetition rates, based on mode-
locked near infrared fiber lasers, are now widely available and are being used in …

Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr: ZnS oscillator reaches the spectral span of an optical octave

S Vasilyev, I Moskalev, V Smolski, J Peppers… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We report, to the best of our knowledge, the first super-octave femtosecond polycrystalline
Cr: ZnS laser at the central wavelength 2.4 µm. The laser is based on a non-polarizing …

Multi-Watt mid-IR femtosecond polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS and Cr2+:ZnSe laser amplifiers with the spectrum spanning 2.0–2.6 µm

S Vasilyev, I Moskalev, M Mirov, S Mirov… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate efficient amplification of few-optical-cycle mid-IR pulses in single-pass
continuously pumped laser amplifiers based on polycrystalline Cr^ 2+: ZnS and Cr^ 2+ …

Three optical cycle mid-IR Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnS laser

S Vasilyev, I Moskalev, M Mirov, S Mirov… - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We report Kerr-lens mode-locked polycrystalline Cr^ 2+: ZnS lasers at 2.4 μm central
wavelength optimized for short pulse duration. By control of the second-and third-order …