{"title":"High-average-power Yb:YLF cryogenic laser amplifier for sub-picosecond pulses","authors":"D. Miller, D. Ripin, T. Fan","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3D.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM3D.2","url":null,"abstract":"We have demonstrated a cryogenic Yb:YLF amplifier at 100-W average power and 10-kHz pulse repetition frequency (PRF). At 4.5 mJ, the pulses have a 2.2-nm bandwidth and have been compressed to 700 fs in duration.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84268289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Chang, Chih-Hao Li, A. Glenday, G. Fűrész, N. Langellier, Li-Jin Chen, M. Webber, Jinkang Lim, Hung-Wen Chen, D. Phillips, A. Szentgyorgyi, R. Walsworth, F. Kartner
{"title":"Spectrally flat, broadband visible-wavelength astro-comb","authors":"G. Chang, Chih-Hao Li, A. Glenday, G. Fűrész, N. Langellier, Li-Jin Chen, M. Webber, Jinkang Lim, Hung-Wen Chen, D. Phillips, A. Szentgyorgyi, R. Walsworth, F. Kartner","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF2C.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF2C.4","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a broadband visible-wavelength astro-comb enabled by two key technologies: dispersion-managed, fiber-optic Cherenkov radiation for green-to-red source-comb generation and complementary chirped-mirror pairs for constructing broadband Fabry-Perot filtering cavities.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"11 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84322413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ji‐Hee Kim, G. Noe, J. Kono, Yongrui Wang, A. Wójcik, A. Belyanin, S. McGill
{"title":"Cooperative phenomena in an ultradense electron-hole Magneto-plasma","authors":"Ji‐Hee Kim, G. Noe, J. Kono, Yongrui Wang, A. Wójcik, A. Belyanin, S. McGill","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QM1G.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QM1G.1","url":null,"abstract":"We have performed ultrafast pump-probe and time-resolved photoluminescence experiments on highly excited semiconductor quantum wells in a high magnetic field, observing time-delayed suprefluorescence bursts of coherent radiation together with a sudden population drop from full inversion to zero.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"34 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84837584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation and experiment for verifying intensity modulation scheme in Brillouin optical correlation domain reflectometry","authors":"S. Manotham, M. Kishi, Zuyuan He, K. Hotate","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM4B.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM4B.3","url":null,"abstract":"Intensity modulation scheme in Brillouin optical correlation domain reflectometry is verified both by simulation and experiment. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experiments. The optimized waveform for the modulation is clarified to be effective.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"34 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84904656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Blanchard, C. Grezes, S. Menzel, C. Pflugl, L. Diehl, Y. Huang, J. Ryou, R. Dupuis, F. Capasso
{"title":"Vertical monolithic integration of quantum cascade lasers for high-power broadband applications","authors":"R. Blanchard, C. Grezes, S. Menzel, C. Pflugl, L. Diehl, Y. Huang, J. Ryou, R. Dupuis, F. Capasso","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3N.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3N.8","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate 1.1W peak power from a monolithic broadband laser composed of four quantum cascade laser active regions distributed over two uncoupled optical waveguides. This work paves the way for high-brightness broadband mid-infrared sources.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"370 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84925492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Kruczek, K. Fedorova, A. Baranov, R. Teissier, E. Rafailov
{"title":"3190–3275 nm tuneable, room temperature, external cavity InAs/AlSb Quantum Cascade Laser","authors":"T. Kruczek, K. Fedorova, A. Baranov, R. Teissier, E. Rafailov","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF1K.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF1K.6","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrated a room temperature, tuneable, external cavity Quantum Cascade Laser for the use in compact spectroscopic gas sensing system. Wavelength tuning of 85 nm between 3190 nm and 3275 nm was achieved at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"37 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85088726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis and applications of femtosecond-laser-induced nanogratings from UV to telecom wavelength","authors":"M. Beresna, M. Gecevicius, P. Kazansky","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM4K.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CM4K.2","url":null,"abstract":"Nanostructures induced by femtosecond laser beam are characterized over the visible. Permanent refractive index increase with subpicosecond pulses is achieved. Feasibility of using induced anisotropy for spatial mode conversion to 1.5 μm is shown.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"25 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85107213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Scofield, S.H. Kim, J. Shapiro, A. Lin, B. Liang, Axel Scherer, D. Huffaker
{"title":"Room temperature continuous wave lasing in nanopillar photonic crystal cavities","authors":"A. Scofield, S.H. Kim, J. Shapiro, A. Lin, B. Liang, Axel Scherer, D. Huffaker","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH4M.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH4M.2","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate room temperature continuous wave lasing in bottom-up photonic crystal cavities formed by patterned III-V nanopillars. Single-cell high-Q photonic crystal cavities are formed with nanopillars by selective-area epitaxy. Control of the nanopillar geometry and heterostructures allows for high-Q and large confinement factor, resulting in a low threshold power density of 75 W/cm2 at 1040 nm emission wavelength.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"37 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85748270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lasing from living biological cells expressing green fluorescent protein","authors":"M. Gather, S. Yun","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTU1L.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTU1L.5","url":null,"abstract":"We show that GFP, a biologically produced material, is a viable optical gain medium and construct true bio-lasers, in which the optical gain is provided by living mammalian or bacterial cells synthesizing GFP.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76896384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Jurgilaitis, M. Harb, H. Enquist, R. Nuske, A. Persson, J. Larsson
{"title":"Time resolved X-ray studies in semiconductor nanostructures","authors":"A. Jurgilaitis, M. Harb, H. Enquist, R. Nuske, A. Persson, J. Larsson","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW2A.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JW2A.15","url":null,"abstract":"Time resolved X-ray diffraction has been used to study acoustic oscillations in InAs/Sb nanowires with diameters of 80 nm and 40 nm in order to determine the speed of sound in the wires.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"43 1 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76914700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}