Ultra-rapid broadband mid-infrared spectral tuning and sensing

Xiaoshuai Ma; Tianjian Lv; Dongxu Zhu; Zhuoren Wan; Ming Yan; Heping Zeng

doi:10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036008

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 3, 036008(2025)

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Xiaoshuai Ma1,†... Tianjian Lv1, Dongxu Zhu1, Zhuoren Wan1, Ming Yan1,2,*, and Heping Zeng1,23,* |Show fewer author(s)

¹East China Normal University, Hainan Institute, School of Physics and Electronic Science, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai, China

²Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing, China

³Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, China

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