Welcome and Introduction to SPIE Conference 11670
Paper 11670-800
Author(s): Peter G. Schunemann, BAE Systems (United States); Kenneth L. Schepler, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida (United States)

Dual comb modelocking with spectroscopy and lidar applications (Plenary Presentation)
Paper 11676-502
Author(s): Ursula Keller, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

High-speed vibrational spectroscopy using nonlinear optical sources (Invited Paper)
Paper 11670-1
Author(s): Takuro Ideguchi, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)

From optical parametric oscillation to frequency-comb generation in whispering gallery resonators made of CdSiP2
Paper 11670-2
Author(s): Nicolas Amiune, Univ. of Freiburg (Germany); Karsten Buse, Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM (Germany), IMTEK, Univ. of Freiburg (Germany); Ingo Breunig, Univ. of Freiburg (Germany)

A dual comb spectrometer for trace gas analysis in the mid-infrared
Paper 11670-3
Author(s): Leonard Nitzsche, Jens Goldschmidt, Jens Kiessling, Sebastian Wolf, Frank Kühnemann, Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM (Germany); Jürgen Wöllenstein, Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM (Germany), Univ. of Freiburg (Germany)

Mid-IR generation in a compact high repetition rate DFG system based on an Yb-fiber laser
Paper 11670-4
Author(s): Carsten Cleff, Stefan Matern, Peter Adel, Marc Fischer, Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems GmbH (Germany)

Mid wave IR high average power OPO and OPA using CSP
Paper 11670-5
Author(s): Kevin T. Zawilski, Peter G. Schunemann, Leonard A. Pomeranz, Spencer L. Horton, Scott D. Setzler, BAE Systems (United States); Carl M. Liebig, Kent L. Averett, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)

Seeded optical parametric generation in CdSiP2 pumped by a nanosecond pulsed, MHz repetition rate Raman fiber amplifier at 1.24 µm
Paper 11670-6
Author(s): Robert T. Murray, Anita M. Chandran, Ronan A. Battle, Timothy H. Runcorn, Imperial College London (United Kingdom); Peter G. Schunemann, Kevin T. Zawilski, BAE Systems (United States); Shekhar Guha, Air Force Research Lab. (United States); James R. Taylor, Imperial College London (United Kingdom)

OPGaP OPO developments for far-infrared Lidar applications
(Canceled)
Paper 11670-7
Author(s):

A widely tunable difference-frequency generation-based laser for high-resolution spectroscopy in the 667-865 cm-1 range
Paper 11670-8
Author(s): Mohammad Khaled Shakfa, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia); Marco Lamperti, Riccardo Gotti, Davide Gatti, Marco Marangoni, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Aamir Farooq, King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)

Advances in 2 µm polarization-maintaining thulium doped q-switched fiber lasers for frequency conversion into the mid-IR
Paper 11670-9
Author(s): Julian Schneider, Patrick Forster, Marc Eichhorn, Christelle Kieleck, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany)

Spatial structure and simulations of midwave infrared ultrashort pulse laser frequency conversion in polycrystalline and amorphous optical materials
Paper 11670-10
Author(s): Anthony R. Valenzuela, Aaron Schweinsberg, Christopher Wolfe, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (United States); Jiahui Gu, Michael Hastings, Wyant College of Optical Sciences (United States); Michael V. Tripepi, The Ohio State Univ. (United States); Laura Vanderhoef, Trenton Ensley, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (United States); Miroslav Kolesik, Jerome Moloney, Wyant College of Optical Sciences (United States); Enam Chowdhury, The Ohio State Univ. (United States)

High-energy, Q-switched Ho:YAG laser for mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator pumping
Paper 11670-11
Author(s): Hendrik Büker, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany); Peter Braesicke, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany); Christelle Kieleck, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany); Marc Eichhorn, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Germany)

Q-switched, high average output power Tm:Ho-codoped triple-clad fiber laser for nonlinear frequency conversion
Paper 11670-12
Author(s): Patrick Forster, Clement Romano, Marc Eichhorn, Christelle Kieleck, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany)

First demonstration of nonlinear interferometry in the terahertz frequency range
Paper 11670-13
Author(s): Björn Haase, Mirco Kutas, Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM (Germany), Technische Univ. Kaiserslautern (Germany); Daniel Molter, Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM (Germany); Georg von Freymann, Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM (Germany), Technische Univ. Kaiserslautern (Germany)

Widely tunable second harmonic amplification by noncollinear phase matching in bulk birefringent materials
Paper 11670-14
Author(s): Devin Dean, Noah Flemens, Dylan Heberle, Jeffrey Moses, Cornell Univ. (United States)

Coherent combining of optical parametric oscillators: Challenges and experimental results
Paper 11670-15
Author(s): Pierre Bourdon, Rodwane Chtouki, Anne Durécu, Laurent Lombard, Christophe Planchat, Antoine Godard, ONERA (France)

Enhanced nonlinear optical response in atomically thin films
Paper 11670-16
Author(s): Álvaro Rodríguez Echarri, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Joel Cox, Univ. of Southern Denmark (Denmark); Fadil Iyikanat, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain); Javier García de Abajo, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (Spain), Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (Spain)

Walsh-Hadamard quasi-phase matching for arbitrary multi-process frequency conversion
Paper 11670-17
Author(s): Noah Flemens, Cornell Univ. (United States)

Mechanisms of beam clean up at Raman conversion of multimode radiation in graded-index fibers
Paper 11670-18
Author(s): Sergey A. Babin, Institute of Automation and Electrometry (Russian Federation), Novosibirsk State Univ. (Russian Federation); Alexey G. Kuznetsov, Sergey I. Kablukov, Institute of Automation and Electrometry (Russian Federation); Evgeniy V. Podivilov, Institute of Automation and Electrometry (Russian Federation), Novosibirsk State Univ. (Russian Federation)

Non-linear optics in KTLN supercrystals (Invited Paper)
Paper 11670-19
Author(s): Eugenio DelRe, Sapienza Univ. di Roma (Italy)

Efficient frequency conversion in OP-GaP grown on OP-GaAs templates
Paper 11670-20
Author(s): Peter G. Schunemann, BAE Systems (United States); Carl Farrell, Kerr Johnson, Chromacity Ltd. (United Kingdom); Derryck T. Reid, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom)

HVPE growth of orientation patterned GaAsP for nonlinear frequency applications
Paper 11670-21
Author(s): Shivashankar Vangala, Vladimir Tassev, Meagan Parker, Duane Brinegar, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and optical studies of intrinsic point defects in BaGa4Se7 crystals
Paper 11670-22
Author(s): Christopher A. Lenyk, Timothy Gustafson, Brian Holloway, Air Force Technical Applications Ctr. (United States); Kevin T. Zawilski, Peter G. Schunemann, BAE Systems (United States); Larry Halliburton, West Virginia Univ. (United States); Nancy Giles, Air Force Institute of Technology (United States)

Chalcopyrite and chalcogenide crystals for terahertz radiation generation and detection (Invited Paper)
Paper 11670-23
Author(s): Brett N. Carnio, Eric Hopmann, Univ. of Alberta (Canada); Peter G. Schunemann, Kevin T. Zawilski, BAE Systems (United States); Abdul Y. Elezzabi, Univ. of Alberta (Canada)

Measurement of temperature dependent refractive indices of GaN and SiC
Paper 11670-24
Author(s): Jean Wei, UES, Inc. (United States); Joel Murray, Shekhar Guha, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)

Mid-infrared parametric generation in OP-GaAs waveguides pumped by a femtosecond erbium-doped fluoride fiber laser
Paper 11670-25
Author(s): Myriam Bailly, Thales Research & Technology (France); Rezki Becheker, Said Idlahcen, Thomas Godin, Complexe de Recherche Interproffessionnel en Aerothermochimie, Univ. de Rouen, CNRS (France); Bruno Gérard, III-V Lab. (France); Hugo Delahaye, Sébastien Février, XLIM (France); Arnaud Grisard, Eric Lallier, Thales Research & Technology (France); Ammar Hideur, Complexe de Recherche Interproffessionnel en Aerothermochimie, Univ. de Rouen, CNRS (France)

Silicon nitride based light sources tailored for coherent Raman scattering
Paper 11670-26
Author(s): Niklas M. Lüpken, Thomas Würthwein, Westfälische Wilhelms-Univ. Münster (Germany); Jörn P. Epping, LioniX International BV (Netherlands); Klaus-J. Boller, Univ. of Twente (Netherlands); Carsten Fallnich, Westfälische Wilhelms-Univ. Münster (Germany)

Octave-spanning mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in all-normal dispersion silicon germanium waveguide
Paper 11670-27
Author(s): Milan Sinobad, Alberto Della Torre, Remi Armand, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (France); Barry Luther-Davies, Pan Ma, Stephen Madden, The Australian National Univ. (Australia); Arnan Mitchell, RMIT Univ. (Australia); David J. Moss, Swinburne Univ. of Technology (Australia); Jean-Michel Hartmann, Jean-Marc Fedeli, CEA-LETI (France); Christelle Monat, Christian Grillet, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (France)

Second-order nonlinear effects in InGaAsP waveguides for efficient wavelength conversion to the mid-infrared
Paper 11670-28
Author(s): Emil Z. Ulsig, Nicolas Volet, Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)

Efficient difference frequency generation for quantum frequency conversion in a multimode PPLN-waveguide
Paper 11670-29
Author(s): Hans Huber, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT (Germany); Martin Walochnik, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany); Florian Elsen, Bernd Jungbluth, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT (Germany); Peter Loosen, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)

Few-cycle, µJ-level pulses beyond 5 µm from 1-µm-pumped OPA's based on non-oxide nonlinear crystals (Invited Paper)
Paper 11670-30
Author(s): Zsuzsanna Heiner, Humboldt-Univ. zu Berlin (Germany)

High power 8 µm source for spectroscopy and HHG
Paper 11670-31
Author(s): Mahesh Namboodiri, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Germany); Gregor Indorf, Class 5 Photonics GmbH (Germany); Cheng Luo, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Germany); Torsten Golz, Ivanka Grguras, Jan Heye Buss, Michael Schulz, Robert Riedel, Mark J. Prandolini, Class 5 Photonics GmbH (Germany); Tim Laarmann, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (Germany)

High-power OPCPAs at 1.45-2.4 um wavelength
Paper 11670-32
Author(s): Jan Heye Buss, Ivanka Grguras, Torsten Golz, Michael Schulz, Robert Riedel, Mark J. Prandolini, Class 5 Photonics GmbH (Germany)

1 MHz - dual channel, CEP stable, few-cycle OPCPA at 800nm and >1.7µm wavelength
Paper 11670-33
Author(s): Jan Heye Buss, Thomas Braatz, Torsten Golz, Michael Schulz, Robert Riedel, Class 5 Photonics GmbH (Germany)

Nonlinear interferometers for Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy with visible light
Paper 11670-34
Author(s): Chiara Lindner, Jachin Kunz, Sebastian Wolf, Jens Kiessling, Frank Kühnemann, Fraunhofer-Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik IPM (Germany)

Mid-IR difference-frequency generation in OP-GaAs inside the cavity of a narrow-band nanosecond PPLN optical parametric oscillator
Paper 11670-35
Author(s): Li Wang, Yongguang Zhao, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Germany); Weidong Chen, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Germany), Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (China); Peter Schunemann, BAE Systems (United States); Andre Schirrmacher, Canlas Laser Processing GmbH (Germany); Edlef Büttner, APE Angewandte Physik & Elektronik GmbH (Germany); Shekhar Guha, Air Force Research Lab. (United States); Andrey Boyko, Novosibirsk State Univ. (Russian Federation); Ning Ye, Ge Zhang, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); Valentin Petrov, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Germany)

Sub-60 fs pulses from an optical parametric oscillator with intra-cavity grating compressor
Paper 11670-36
Author(s): Tobias R. J. Steinle, Matthäus Jäckle, Florian Moerz, Heiko Linnenbank, Harald Giessen, Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)

6 micrometer pulsed OP-GaAs OPO laser for unambiguous water ice detection on the Moon and other planetary bodies
Paper 11670-37
Author(s): Yingxin Bai, Xiaoli Sun, Aaron J. Yevick, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)

kW-class peak-power nanosecond polarized MOPA fiber laser at 2050 nm and 2090 nm
Paper 11670-38
Author(s): Clément Romano, Dominik Lorenz, Marc Eichhorn, Christelle Kieleck, Fraunhofer-Institut für Optronik, Systemtechnik und Bildauswertung IOSB (Germany)

Advances in the spectral coverage of tunable continuous-wave optical parametric oscillators
Paper 11670-39
Author(s): Jaroslaw Sperling, Niklas Waasem, Ronja Gärtner, Maik Schubert, HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG (Germany); Gunnar Elgcrona, Cobolt AB (Sweden); Korbinian Hens, HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

Towards remote chemical sensing: backward-generated coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
Paper 11670-40
Author(s): Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)

IR-supercontinuum seeded efficient two-stage transient stimulated Raman amplification in KGW with pulse compression
Paper 11670-41
Author(s): Augustinas Petrulėnas, Paulius Mackonis, Aleksej Rodin, Vytenis Girdauskas, Ctr. for Physical Sciences and Technology (Lithuania)

Spatiotemporal guided bullets in multimode fiber
Paper 11670-42
Author(s): Mario Ferraro, Mario Zitelli, Vladimir Kalashnikov, Luca Leggio, Rocco Crescenzi, Fabrizio Frezza, Sapienza Univ. di Roma (Italy); Fabio Mangini, Alioune Niang, Univ. degli Studi di Brescia (Italy); Tobias Hansson, Linköping Univ. (Sweden); Denis Kharenko, Novosibirsk Univ. (Russian Federation); Alessandro Tonello, Vincent Couderc, Univ. of Limoges (France); Stefan Wabnitz, Sapienza Univ. of Rome (Italy)

Supercontinuum generation in orientation-patterned gallium phosphide
Paper 11670-43
Author(s): Marius Rutkauskas, Anchit Srivastava, Derryck T. Reid, Heriot-Watt Univ. (United Kingdom)

Mid-IR supercontinuum generation in single-crystal YAG fibers
Paper 11670-44
Author(s): Andrew Barrette, Michael V. Tripepi, Sean A. McDaniel, Gary Cook, Kent L. Averett, Enam Chowdhury, Air Force Research Lab. (United States); Manuel R. Ferdinandus, Air Force Institute of Technology (United States); Carl M. Liebig, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)

Femtosecond supercontinuum source in the C-band with equalized spectra through evolutionary strategy based adaptive optimization of nonlinear spectral broadening
Paper 11670-45
Author(s): Lakshmi C. G., B. S. Vikram, V. R. Supradeepa, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (India)

Crystal growth and characterization of a new UV NLO material: Ba3(ZnB5O10)PO4 (Invited Paper)
Paper 11670-46
Author(s): Shiv Halasyamani, Univ. of Houston (United States)

High power continuous laser at 461 nm based on a frequency-doubling linear cavity
Paper 11670-47
Author(s): Sébastien Vidal, Johan Boullet, ALPhANOV (France)

Updated Sellmeier equations of β-BaB2O4
Paper 11670-48
Author(s): Kiyoshi Kato, Okamoto Optics, Inc. (Japan), Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Nobuhiro Umemura, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Takayuki Okamoto, Okamoto Optics, Inc. (Japan); Kentaro Miyata, RIKEN (Japan)

Deep UV for materials processing based on the industrial TruMicro Series of ultrafast solid-state laser amplifiers
Paper 11670-49
Author(s): Stephan Häfner, Carolin Wagner, Benyamin Shnirman, Markus Ginter, Jonathan Brons, Marc Sailer, Axel Fehrenbacher, Daniel Grossmann, TRUMPF Laser GmbH (Germany); Daniel Flamm, Kian Janami, Steffen Ruebling, Ulf Quentin, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH (Germany); Aleksander Budnicki, Ivo Zawischa, Dirk H. Sutter, TRUMPF Laser GmbH (Germany)

Walk-off compensated nonlinear crystal stacks for efficient harmonic wavelength conversions
Paper 11670-50
Author(s): Huai-Chuan Lee, David J. Meissner, Onyx Optics Inc. (United States)

Alternating dual-wavelength second harmonic generation at 532 nm using a Y-branch distributed Bragg Reflector diode laser
Paper 11670-51
Author(s): André Müller, Bernd Sumpf, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (Germany)

Towards imaging with undetected photons with a nonlinear Mach-Zehnder-type interferometer in MIR
Paper 11670-52
Author(s): Florian G. Herbst, RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany); Florian Elsen, Bernd Jungbluth, Hans-Dieter Hoffmann, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT (Germany); Constantin L. Häfner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT (Germany), RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)

Updated Sellmeier equations for AgGaSe2 valid up to 18 micron
Paper 11670-53
Author(s): Kiyoshi Kato, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Valentin Petrov, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Germany); Kentaro Miyata, RIKEN (Japan)

Accurate Sellmeier equations for AgGaS2 in the 0.565-10.5910 μm range
Paper 11670-54
Author(s): Kiyoshi Kato, Chitose Institute of Science and Technology (Japan); Valentin Petrov, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (Germany); Kentaro Miyata, RIKEN (Japan)

Electric field induced temperature dependent nonlinear optical properties of atmospheric air and aqueous solutions
Paper 11670-55
Author(s): Kassie S. Marble, Vladislav V. Yakovlev, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in chalcogenide fiber pumped by noise-like pulse mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser
Paper 11670-56
Author(s): Luo Xing, Tong Tuan, Hoa Nguyen, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi, Toyota Technological Institute (Japan)

Ultra-broadband supercontinuum generation in composite-liquid core silica based photonic crystal fiber
Paper 11670-57
Author(s): Pooja Chauhan, Ajeet Kumar, Yogita Kalra, Delhi Technological Univ. (India)

Walk-off effect in nonlinear crystals suitable for UVC generation
Paper 11670-58
Author(s): Nicolas Volet, Emil Z. Ulsig, Iterio Degli Eredi, Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)