Review of open cavity random lasers as laser-based sensors

AN Azmi, WZ Wan Ismail, H Abu Hassan, MM Halim… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this review, the concept of open cavity lasing for ultrasensitive sensing is explored,
specifically in driving important innovations as laser-based biosensors─ a field mostly …

Self‐induced phase locking of terahertz frequency combs in a phase‐sensitive hyperspectral near‐field nanoscope

V Pistore, EAA Pogna, L Viti, L Li, AG Davies… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chip‐scale, electrically‐pumped terahertz (THz) frequency‐combs (FCs) rely on nonlinear
four‐wave‐mixing processes, and have a nontrivial phase relationship between the evenly …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz near-field nanoscopy based on detectorless laser feedback interferometry under different feedback regimes

EAA Pogna, C Silvestri, LL Columbo, M Brambilla… - APL Photonics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Near-field imaging techniques, at terahertz frequencies (1–10 THz), conventionally rely on
bulky laser sources and detectors. Here, we employ a semiconductor heterostructure laser …

Terahertz near-field microscopy of metallic circular split ring resonators with graphene in the gap

C Schiattarella, A Di Gaspare, L Viti… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Optical resonators are fundamental building blocks of photonic systems, enabling meta-
surfaces, sensors, and transmission filters to be developed for a range of applications. Sub …

Holographic Nano‐Imaging of Terahertz Dirac Plasmon Polaritons in Topological Insulator Antenna Resonators

V Pistore, L Viti, C Schiattarella, Z Wang, S Law… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Excitation of Dirac plasmon polaritons (DPPs) in bi‐dimensional materials have attracted
considerable interest in recent years, both from perspectives of understanding their physics …

Feedback regimes of lfi sensors: Experimental investigations

K Bertling, X Qi, T Taimre, YL Lim, AD Rakić - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this article, we revisit the concept of optical feedback regimes in diode lasers and explore
each regime experimentally from a somewhat unconventional point of view by relating the …

Self‐Induced Mode‐Locking in Electrically Pumped Far‐Infrared Random Lasers

A Di Gaspare, V Pistore, E Riccardi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mode locking, the self‐starting synchronous oscillation of electromagnetic modes in a laser
cavity, is the primary way to generate ultrashort light pulses. In random lasers, without a …

Near-field quantum nanoscopy in the far-infrared enabled by quantum cascade lasers: opinion

MS Vitiello - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this opinion article, I summarize some of the recent developments in the field of near-field
nanoscopy of quantum materials in the far-infrared, highlighting the key role of the quantum …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz nanoscopy: Advances, challenges, and the road ahead

X Guo, K Bertling, BC Donose, M Brünig… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Exploring nanoscale material properties through light-matter interactions is essential to
unveil new phenomena and manipulate materials at the atomic level, paving the way for …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of Er-doped random fiber laser self-mixing sensor with ultra-limit sensitivity

J Hu, R Li, Z Hu, H Li, Y Yang, H Li, J Lv, Q Yu, Y Zhao… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This study first demonstrates that the random distributed feedback fiber laser (RDFL) can be
implemented for sensing detection by using the self-mixing effect as a sensing mechanism …