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New horizons of optics of the midinfrared spectral range

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Optical physics and laser technologies are rapidly moving in the direction of exploring the midinfrared spectral range. New methods of mid-IR ultrashort pulse generation allow forming very short flashes of electromagnetic radiation with record high peak power for this range. The first experiments conducted with such systems make possible implementing new regimes of laser–matter interaction and shed light on unusual properties of the nonlinear-optical response of materials in the mid-IR spectral range.

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  1. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A. A. Voronin, A. A. Lanin, A. B. Fedotov & A. M. Zheltikov

  2. Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, Moscow oblast, 143025, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A. A. Voronin, A. A. Lanin, A. B. Fedotov & A. M. Zheltikov

  3. Institute of Problems of Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Shatura, Moscow oblast, 140700, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov & V. Ya. Panchenko

  4. Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, V. Ya. Panchenko & A. M. Zheltikov

  5. Vienna University of Technology, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    A. Pugžlys & A. Baltuška

  6. Texas A&M University, 77843, College Station, TX, USA

    A. M. Zheltikov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Mitrofanov, D.A. Sidorov-Biryukov, A.A. Voronin, A. Pugžlys, A.A. Lanin, A.B. Fedotov, V.Ya. Panchenko, A. Baltuška, A.M. Zheltikov, 2015, published in Optika i Spektroskopiya, 2015, Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 567–575.

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Mitrofanov, A.V., Sidorov-Biryukov, D.A., Voronin, A.A. et al. New horizons of optics of the midinfrared spectral range. Opt. Spectrosc. 119, 569–576 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X15100185

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