Title :
Principles, advances and applications of ultrafast mid-infrared lasers
Author :
Sorokina, Irina T. ; Sorokin, Evgeni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
The talk reviews principles and advances in generation and applications of ultrashort pulses and frequency combs directly from the solid-state oscillator based on Cr2+ZnSe laser, and highlights radical efficiency and sensitivity increase when applied to high-resolution molecular spectroscopy.
Keywords :
chromium compounds; solid lasers; zinc compounds; frequency combs; high-resolution molecular spectroscopy; solid-state oscillator; ultrafast mid-infrared lasers; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Quantum cascade lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Cr:ZnSe; mid-infrared lasers; ultrashort pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292068
