Long-Wave Infrared Lasers and Applications
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infrared lasers and applications; laser annealing; carbon dioxide lasers
Interests: lasers; laser protection; electronic countermeasures
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Dear Colleagues,
Long-wave infrared (LWIR) (8–14 μm) lasers have wide applications in areas such as strong-field physics, molecular spectroscopy diagnostics, laser annealing, and coherent detection Lidars. In strong-field physics, guiding an LWIR ultra-short laser in a high-pressure gas can generate ultrahigh harmonics, allowing the generation of pulses as short as several attoseconds over regions of the X-ray spectrum. Spectroscopy in the LWIR region provides essential information about the structure of materials, offering valuable insights for physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Due to the longer wavelength, the LWIR lasers are the commercial lasers in laser annealing, used to avoid pattern effects, and they are the more suitable candidates in coherent detection Lidars as they have a larger field of view compared to the near-infrared wavelength. High peak power, narrow linewidth, and wide tunable range are critical for improving precision in molecular diagnostics and extending detection range in LWIR Lidar systems.
This Special Issue aims to publish selected contributions on long-wave infrared lasers and applications. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Crystal design and fabrication;
- Optical parametric oscillator;
- Optical parametric amplifier;
- Quantum cascade laser;
- Novel long-wave infrared lasers;
- Carbon oxide lasers;
- Optical pumped gas lasers;
- Optical remote sensor design and simulation;
- Infrared photoelectricity technology;
- Applications of LWIR lasers.
Dr. Zhiyong Li
Dr. Qing Ye
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- long-wave infrared
- nonlinear optical frequency conversion
- quantum cascade laser
- laser annealing
- single frequency
- wavelength stability
- transmission
- high peak power
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