Research progress of narrow-linewidth mid-infrared laser

LÜ Guorui; BIAN Jintian; WENG Jiaqi; KONG Hui; XU Haiping; GUO Lei; WANG Rongqing

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LASER TECHNOLOGY > 2023 > 47(6): 742-750. > DOI: 10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2023.06.003

LÜ Guorui, BIAN Jintian, WENG Jiaqi, KONG Hui, XU Haiping, GUO Lei, WANG Rongqing. Research progress of narrow-linewidth mid-infrared laser[J]. LASER TECHNOLOGY, 2023, 47(6): 742-750. DOI: 10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2023.06.003

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Research progress of narrow-linewidth mid-infrared laser

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College of Electronic Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Hefei 230037, China
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School of Mechanics and Optoelectronic Physics, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China

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Received Date: October 13, 2022
Revised Date: November 26, 2022
Published Date: November 24, 2023

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3 μm~5 μm is one of the transmission windows of the atmosphere, including many atoms or molecules' characteristic absorption peaks. 3 μm~5 μm laser souses have wide applications, such as medical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, spectral analysis, military countermeasure, and so on. In these application fields, light sources are often required to have narrow linewidth and wavelength tuning capability. Narrow-linewidth laser is an ideal light source for these applications due to its small spectrum range and concentrative energy. The technology of narrow-linewidth of 3 μm~5 μm laser were summarized, including the linewidth compression method of the Fe²⁺/Cr²⁺ ion-doped solid-state laser and fluoride fiber laser, and several methods of quantum cascade laser frequency stabilization were discussed. The compact and all-solid-state mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator was mainly introduced. And the related research work of our group on the narrow linewidth of an optical parametric oscillator was introduced. Finally, the research prospect of the narrow-linewidth mid-infrared laser has been prospected.
- laser technique,
- narrow-linewidth,
- solid-state laser,
- fiber laser,
- optical parametric oscillator

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