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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 7, 783(2019)

Mid-infrared upconversion imaging using femtosecond pulses

Ashik A. S.^1、*, Callum F. O’Donnell^2,3, S. Chaitanya Kumar^2,3, M. Ebrahim-Zadeh^2,3,4, P. Tidemand-Lichtenberg¹, and C. Pedersen¹

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¹DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark

²Radiantis, Edifici RDIT, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

³ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

⁴Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

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Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Mar. 26, 2019

Accepted: May. 27, 2019

Published Online: Jun. 21, 2019

The Author Email: Ashik A. S. (ashas@fotonik.dtu.dk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000783

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