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Multiscale dynamical symmetries and selection rules in nonlinear optics

Multiscale dynamical symmetries and selection rules in nonlinear optics

Symmetries and their associated selection rules are extremely useful in many fields of science For systems of electromagnetic (EM) fields interacting with matter, the symmetries of matter and the EM fields’ time-dependent polarization determine the pro

Ultrasmall Silicon LED Enables High-Resolution Integrated Imaging

Ultrasmall Silicon LED Enables High-Resolution Integrated Imaging

Researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) developed a CMOS-based silicon LED that, though smaller than a wavelength, emits light at an intensity comparable to much larger silicon LEDs In a separate study, the researche

New Solar-Pumped Lasers Enhance Solar-to-Laser Conversion Efficiency

New Solar-Pumped Lasers Enhance Solar-to-Laser Conversion Efficiency

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Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission III

Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission III

Our single-mode DUV setup is based on an injection-locked, Q-switched 1342 nm Nd:YVO4 ring laser with an average power of 13 9 W and 18 2 ns pulse duration at a pulse repetition frequency of 10 kHz 3 The pulse energy fluctuations are very low (

Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission II

Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission II

An all-solid-state, deep-UV light source alternative to excimer lasers is achieved through cascaded high-harmonic and sum-frequency generation of neodymium yttrium vanadate lasers—with the added bonus of high beam quality and stability

Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission

Cascaded, multi-harmonic generation yields all-solid-state deep-UV emission

An all-solid-state, deep-UV light source alternative to excimer lasers is achieved through cascaded high-harmonic and sum-frequency generation of neodymium yttrium vanadate lasers—with the added bonus of high beam quality and stability

Innovation to Turn Standard Diode Laser into Single-Frequency Lasers

Innovation to Turn Standard Diode Laser into Single-Frequency Lasers

​Russian physicists have developed a technique for significantly narrowing the emission spectrum of a standard diode laser The research was published on October 26th in Nature Photonics and was co-authored by researchers from the Russian Quantum Center

Nonlinear crystal does supernarrow-linewidth frequency convers

Nonlinear crystal does supernarrow-linewidth frequency convers

Many applications in optical communications and scientific research require very narrow spectral linewidths What limits the width of a frequency converter? The spectral width of a nonlinear converter is usually thought to be inversely proportional to the

Frequency Tripling / Third Harmonic Generation

Frequency Tripling / Third Harmonic Generation

Third harmonic generation may be described as a process in which the frequency of a light source is tripled when it passes through a non-linear medium Third harmonic generation is a non-linear process of the third order, which generates a photon having t

Electrically tunable third-order nonlinear optical response in graphene

Electrically tunable third-order nonlinear optical response in graphene

The birth of nonlinear optics is credited to an experiment conducted in 1961 by Peter Franken and co-workers with a pulsed ruby laser, in which they observed the nonlinear effect of second-harmonic generation (SHG, frequency doubling) for the first time

Innovations Make Ultrafast Lasers Even Faster

Innovations Make Ultrafast Lasers Even Faster

Recent developments in Pockels cells and Faraday isolators are paving the way to increased power and higher repetition rates

Compact Deep UV System at 222.5 nm Based on Frequency Doubling of GaN Laser Diod

Compact Deep UV System at 222.5 nm Based on Frequency Doubling of GaN Laser Diod

Abstract: Laser light sources emitting in the deep ultraviolet wavelength range between 210 and 230 nm are of great interest for spectroscopic applications Here, a compact DUV diode laser system emitting at a

Generation of high-energy narrowband 2.05  μm pulses for seeding a Ho:YLF

Generation of high-energy narrowband 2.05  μm pulses for seeding a Ho:YLF

We experimentally demonstrate efficient generation of high-energy (82 μJ) narrowband 2 05 μm pulses pumped with 1 mJ broadband Ti:sapphire laser pulses, utilizing dual-chirped optical parametric amplification (DC-OPA) in a BBO crystal The narrowband

Plasmonic Microcantilever with Remarkably Enhanced Photothermal Responses

Plasmonic Microcantilever with Remarkably Enhanced Photothermal Responses

Plasmonic nanostructures exhibit abundant optoelectronic properties We explore here the technological potentials of plasmonic nanostructures as active component to

Improving the Quality of GaN Crystals by Using Graphene or Hexagonal Boron Nitri

Improving the Quality of GaN Crystals by Using Graphene or Hexagonal Boron Nitri

Improving the Quality of GaN Crystals by Using Graphene or Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets Substrate