Mid-infrared coherent sources and applications

Preface. I. Crystalline Laser and Nonlinear Optical Materials for the Mid-IR. New Monocrystals with Low Phonon Energy for Mid-IR Lasers L. Isaenko et al.- Orthorombic Crystals of Lithium Thioindate and Selenoindate for Nonlinear Optics in the Mid-IR J-J. Zondy et al.-Quaternary Nonlinear Optical Crystals for the Mid-IR Spectral Range from 5 to 12 Micron V. Petrov et al.-Microstructured Semiconductors for Mid-Infrared Nonlinear Optics P.S. Kuo and M. M. Fejer.- II Sources in the Mid-IR. Progresses in Quantum Cascade Lasers J. Faist et al.- High-Brightness 2.X tm Semiconductor Lasers M. Rattunde et al.- Broadband Mid-Infrared Solid-State Lasers I. Sorokina.- New Regimes of Excitation and Mid-Infrared Lasing of Transition Metal Doped Il-VI Crystals S. Mirov and V. Fedorov.- Advances in Mid-Infrared Fiber Lasers M. Pollnau and S. D. Jackson.-Mid-Infrared Optical Parametric Oscillators and Applications M. Ebrahim-Zadeh.- Mid-Infrared Integrated Optical Parametric Generators and Oscillators with Periodically Poled Ti:LiNbO3 Waveguides S. Orlov et al.-Optical Parametric Generators and Amplifiers V. Pasiskevicius and F.Laurell.-Tunable THz Sources Based on Quasi-Phase-Matched Gaffium Arsenide K. Vodopyanov.- Semiconductor Waveguides for Nonlinear Frequency Conversion L. Lanco et al.-III. Applications. 1. Semiconductor Laser Based Trace Gas Sensor Technology : Recent Advances and Applications F. Tittel et al.-Trace-Gas Analysis with Isotopic Selectivity Using DFG-sources H. Waechterand M. Sigrist.- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Using Continuous Wave Optical Parametric Oscillators A. K. Y. Ngai et al.-Online Monitoring of Exhaled Breath Using Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy M. Murtz and P.Hering.- Ultrabroadband Solid-State Laser Based Trace Gas Sensoing E. Sorokin.- Medical Applications of Mid-IR Solid-State Lasers R. Steiner.-Opportunities for Mid-IR Sources in Intense-field and Attosecond Physics M. Ivanov et al.-UltrawidebandMid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Nanostructures Th. Muller und K. Unterrainer.-