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physics.optics2026

Short mode-locked pulses from planarized Y-coupled THz lasers

Urban Senica, Tabea Bühler, Sara Cibella +4

Short THz pulses are highly attractive both for fundamental research and practical applications in this underdeveloped region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Typically, THz pulses…

physics.optics2025

Free-Running Ring Quantum Cascade Laser with 50 kHz Linewidth

Alexandre Parriaux, Ina Heckelmann, Mathieu Bertrand +3

We report on the noise characterization of a free-running ring quantum cascade laser resonator emitting a single frequency mode around 7.7 m. Using a gas cell filled with NO…

physics.optics2025

Metasurface-Enhanced Mid-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy with Broadband Quantum Cascade Lasers

Ivan Sinev, Alessio Cargioli, Diego Piciocchi +3

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy offers unparalleled opportunities in sensing through chemically specific detection of molecular absorption fingerprints. Yet, its practical appli…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Fast and compact time-resolved spectroscopy enabled by Quantum Walk Combs

Ina Heckelmann, Davide Pinto, Uwe Schmitt +2

Optical frequency combs paved the way for fast and compact multi-component optical chemical analysis due to their broadband spectra. Dual-comb spectrometers embody this technology,…

physics.optics2025

Time-resolved spectroscopy of noise-driven collective states of light

Diego Piciocchi, Ina Heckelmann, Alexander Dikopoltsev +6

We study a collective liquid state of light in a fast-gain laser. Controlled temporal noise on the cavity modulation creates a fluctuating linear potential along the synthetic freq…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Multi-mode Deep Strong Coupling in a Multi Quantum Well Fabry-Perot Cavity

Lucy Hale, Johan Andberger, Ethan Koskas +4

We present multi-mode deep-strong coupling in a multi-quantum well (N=166) heterostructure. The heterostructure itself acts as a Fabry-Perot cavity, for which the even cavity modes…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

On-chip pulse generation at 8 μm wavelength

Annabelle Bricout, Mathieu Bertrand, Philipp Täschler +15

The mid-infrared spectral region holds growing importance for applications such as gas sensing and spectroscopy. Although compact ultrashort pulse laser sources are essential to en…

physics.optics2025★ 4 cited

Integrated thin film lithium niobate mid-infrared modulator

Pierre Didier, Prakhar Jain, Mathieu Bertrand +7

The mid-infrared spectral range holds great promise for applications such as molecular spectroscopy and telecommunications. Many key molecules exhibit strong absorption features in…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Ultrafast Non-Hermitian Skin Effect

Barbara Schneider, Alexander Dikopoltsev, Markus Bestler +5

Topological phases of matter commonly feature protected states at their boundaries. Transferring this protection to time-metamaterials is extremely challenging, as it requires the…

physics.optics2025★ 3 cited

Spectral shaping of fast-gain frequency combs through phases in synthetic dimensions

Diego Piciocchi, Alexander Dikopoltsev, Ina Heckelmann +3

Optical frequency comb devices have unlocked new capabilities in telecommunications, sensing, and metrology. Yet, precise in situ control of the comb spectral envelope remains extr…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Non-resonant Optical Injection Locking in Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Combs

Alexandre Parriaux, Kenichi N. Komagata, Mathieu Bertrand +4

Optical injection locking of the repetition frequency of a quantum cascade laser frequency comb is demonstrated using an intensity modulated near-infrared light at 1.55 m illumi…

physics.optics2024★ 4 cited

Continuously tunable coherent pulse generation in semiconductor lasers

Urban Senica, Michael A. Schreiber, Paolo Micheletti +4

In a laser, the control of its spectral emission depends on the physical dimensions of the optical resonator, limiting it to a set of discrete cavity modes at specific frequencies.…

physics.optics2024★ 4 cited

A Quantum Walk Comb Source at Telecommunication Wavelengths

Bahareh Marzban, Lucius Miller, Alexander Dikopoltsev +3

We demonstrate a quantum walk comb in synthetic frequency space formed by externally modulating a semiconductor optical amplifier operating in the telecommunication wavelength rang…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

Shot-noise-limited emission from interband and quantum cascade lasers

Tecla Gabbrielli, Jacopo Pelini, Georg Marschick +12

The intensity noise of a laser source represents one of the key factors limiting the ultimate sensitivity in laser-based systems for sensing and telecommunication. For advanced app…

physics.optics2023★ 6 cited

Coherence analysis of tightly locked mid-infrared quantum cascade laser frequency combs

Alexandre Parriaux, Kenichi N. Komagata, Mathieu Bertrand +3

Frequency combs are powerful tools for many applications and high performances are achieved by stabilizing these lasers. For operation in the mid-infrared, quantum cascade lasers (…

physics.optics2023

Impact of higher-order dispersion on frequency-modulated combs

Nikola Opačak, Barbara Schneider, Jérôme Faist +1

Frequency-modulated (FM) combs form spontaneously in free-running semiconductor lasers and possess a vast potential for spectroscopic applications. Despite recent progress in obtai…