Single mode mid-infrared silver halide asymmetric flat waveguide obtained from crystal extrusion

Mid-infrared silicon-on-sapphire waveguide coupled photonic crystal microcavities

Demonstration of mid-infrared waveguide photonic crystal cavities.

We have demonstrated what we believe to be the first waveguide photonic crystal cavity operating in the mid-infrared. The devices were fabricated from Ge23Sb7S70 chalcogenide glass (ChG) on CaF2 substrates by combing photolithographic patterning and focused ion beam milling. The waveguide-coupled cavities were characterized using a fiber end fire coupling method at 5.2 μm wavelength, and a load...

Compact mid-infrared Cr:ZnSe channel waveguide laser

Halide adsorption on single-crystal silver substrates: dynamic simulations and ab initio density functional theory.

We investigate the static and dynamic behaviors of a Br adlayer electrochemically deposited onto single-crystal Ag(100) using an off-lattice model of the adlayer. Unlike previous studies using a lattice-gas model, the off-lattice model allows adparticles to be located at any position within a two-dimensional approximation to the substrate. Interactions with the substrate are approximated by a c...

Mode-locked pulses from mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers.

In this study, we report the unequivocal demonstration of midinfrared mode-locked pulses from quantum cascade lasers. The train of short pulses was generated by actively modulating the current and hence the gain of an edge-emitting quantum cascade laser (QCL). Pulses with duration of about 3 ps at full-width-at-half-maxima and energy of 0.5 pJ were characterized using a second-order interferome...