Prof. Valdas Pasiskevicius Profile

Prof. Valdas Pasiskevicius

Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

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Author

Area of Expertise:

Nonliear optics , Solid state and fiber lasers

Publications (23)

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Presentation

Mirrorless backward-wave optical parametric oscillator: a unique approach for laser frequency down-shifting with preserved spectral features

A. Zheng, K. Mølster, X. Délen, P. Mutter, J.-B. Dherbecourt, J.-M. Melkonian, A. Zukauskas, F. Laurell, P. Georges, M. Raybaut, V. Pasiskevicius, A. Godard

Proceedings Volume PC12869, PC1286905 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001671

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Laser frequency, Laser radiation, Wave propagation, Positive feedback, Physical phenomena, Numerical modeling, Mid-IR, Laser applications, LIDAR

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Parameter dependencies in multicycle THz generation with tunable high-energy pulse trains in large-aperture crystals

C. Rentschler, N. Matlis, U. Demirbas, Z. Zhang, M. Pergament, A. Zukauskas, C. Canalias, H. Ishizuki, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell, T. Taira, F. Kärtner

Proceedings Volume 12869, 128690M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003195

KEYWORDS: Terahertz radiation, Crystals, Education and training, Pulse signals, Pulsed laser operation, Laser frequency, Cryogenics, Second harmonic generation, Laser radiation, Interferometers, Nonlinear frequency conversion, Nonlinear crystals, Terahertz sources, Terahertz technology, Ultrafast lasers

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2023 Open Access

Open Access

Paper

Pump tunable mirrorless OPO: an innovative concept for future space IPDA emitters

Kjell Martin Mølster, Marie Guionie, Patrick Mutter, Jean-Baptiste Dherbecourt, Jean-Michel Melkonian, Xavier Delen, Andrius Zukauskas, Carlota Canalias, Fredrik Laurell, Patrick Georges, Myriam Raybaut, Antoine Godard, Valdas Pasiskevicius

Proceedings Volume 12777, 127772V (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2690306

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Nonlinear crystals, Laser frequency, Remote sensing, Ytterbium, Wavelength tuning, Mid-IR, LIDAR, Free space optics

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation

Presentation

Nonlinear pulse self-compression in normal dispersion regime in KTiOPO4

Valdas Pasiskevicius, Christoffer Krook, Anne-Lise Viotti, Björn Hessmo, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume PC11985, PC119850H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2613648

KEYWORDS: Laser crystals, Crystals, Polaritons, Modulation, Ferroelectric materials, Solid state lasers, Refractive index, Raman spectroscopy, Polarization, Nonlinear crystals

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

Open Access

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Design and pre-development of an airborne multi-species differential absorption Lidar system for water vapor and HDO isotope, carbon dioxide, and methane observation

J. B. Dherbecourt, M. Raybaut, J. M. Melkonian, J. Hamperl, R. Santagata, M. Dalin, V. Lebat, A. Godard, C. Flamant, J. Totems, P. Chazette, V. Pasiskevicius, D. Heinecke, H. Schäfer, M. Strotkamp, J. F. Geus, S. Rapp, H. Sodemann, H. C. Steen-Larsen

Proceedings Volume 11852, 118521U (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599326

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Paper

Paper

Recent advances in sub-µm PPKTP for non-linear interactions with counter-propagating photons

Andrius Zukauskas, Anne-Lise Viotti, Riaan Coetzee, Charlotte Liljestrand, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Carlota Canalias

Proceedings Volume 10902, 109020G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2514724

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Signal processing, Energy efficiency, Optical parametric oscillators, Photons, Ferroelectric materials, Laser crystals, Nonlinear crystals, Photoresist materials, Ion exchange

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Fan-out periodically poled structures in Rb-doped KTiOPO4 for continuously tunable QPM devices

Andrius Zukauskas, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell, Carlota Canalias

Proceedings Volume 10902, 109020N (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505623

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Ferroelectric materials, Optical parametric oscillators, Nonlinear crystals, Structural design, Nonlinear frequency conversion

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 2018 Paper

Paper

Highly efficient periodically poled KTP-isomorphs with large apertures and extreme domain aspect-ratios

Carlota Canalias, Andrius Zukauskas, Staffan Tjörnhamman, Anne-Lise Viotti, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume 10516, 105160W (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2288174

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Optical parametric oscillators, Ferroelectric materials, Absorption, Laser crystals, Visible radiation, Second-harmonic generation, Energy efficiency, Color centers, Frequency conversion

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2017 Open Access

Open Access

Paper

An efficient 2 um optical parametric amplifier based on large-aperture periodically poled RB:KTP

R. Coetzee, A. Zukauskas, J. M. Melkonian, V. Pasiskevicius

Proceedings Volume 10562, 105620L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296082

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Optical parametric oscillators, Optical amplifiers, Nonlinear crystals, Ferroelectric materials, Astronomical imaging, Laser crystals, Laser damage threshold, Mid-IR, Beam shaping

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2017 Paper

Paper

Frequency down-conversion of 1 µm laser radiation to the mid-IR using non-oxide nonlinear crystals in a cascaded intracavity configuration

Valentin Petrov, Andrey Boyko, Nadezhda Kostyukova, Georgi Marchev, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Dmitry Kolker, Valeriy Badikov, Dmitrii Badikov, Galina Shevyrdyaeva, Andrius Zukauskas, Vladimir Panyutin

Proceedings Volume 10088, 1008810 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255643

KEYWORDS: Nonlinear crystals, Optical parametric oscillators, Mid-IR, Crystals, Mirrors, Quantum efficiency, Signal attenuation, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2015 Paper

Paper

Investigations of laser induced damage in KTiOPO4 and Rb:KTiOPO4 at 1 μm and 2 μm

Riaan Coetzee, Nicky Thilmann, Andrius Zukauskas, Carlota Canalias, Valdas Pasiskevicius

Proceedings Volume 9532, 95320B (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187046

KEYWORDS: Ferroelectric materials, Crystals, Laser induced damage, Laser damage threshold, Antireflective coatings, Laser crystals, Polishing, Absorption, Data modeling, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2014 Paper

Paper

Carbon nanotube mode-locked vertical external-cavity surface-emitting laser

K. Seger, N. Meiser, S. Choi, B. Jung, D.-I. Yeom, F. Rotermund, O. Okhotnikov, F. Laurell, V. Pasiskevicius

Proceedings Volume 8966, 896606 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041615

KEYWORDS: Mode locking, Semiconductors, Picosecond phenomena, Absorption, Semiconductor lasers, Modulation, Mirrors, Solids, Carbon nanotubes, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 2012 Paper

Paper

Sub-nanosecond, 1-kHz, low-threshold, non-critical OPO based on periodically-poled KTP crystal pumped at 1064 nm

Georgi Marchev, Valentin Petrov, Aleksey Tyazhev, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Nicky Thilmann, Fredrik Laurell, Ivan Buchvarov

Proceedings Volume 8240, 82400D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.907360

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Quantum efficiency, Nonlinear crystals, Energy efficiency, Ferroelectric materials, Nonlinear optics, Mirrors, Amplifiers, Power meters

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Proceedings Article | 2 October 2008 Paper

Paper

Tandem PPKTP and ZGP OPO for mid-infrared generation

Markus Henriksson, Lars Sjöqvist, Gustav Strömqvist, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume 7115, 71150O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.799148

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Mid-IR, Mirrors, Fiber Bragg gratings, Reflectivity, Modulation, Output couplers, Directed infrared countermeasures, Nonlinear crystals

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2008 Paper

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Z-scan measurements of nonlinear refractive indices of NaT(XO4)2 T= Y, La, Gd, Lu and Bi, X= Mo, W, femtosecond laser crystals

Alberto García-Cortés, María-Dolores Serrano, Carlos Zaldo, Concepción Cascales, Gustav Strömqvist, Valdas Pasiskevicius

Proceedings Volume 6998, 69981N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781031

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Laser crystals, Nonlinear crystals, Pulsed laser operation, Refractive index, Gadolinium, Absorption, Femtosecond phenomena, Lanthanum, Lutetium

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2008 Paper

Paper

Mirrorless OPO: first steps towards unlocking the potential of counter-propagating three-wave interactions

V. Pasiskevicius, C. Canalias, G. Strömqvist, F. Laurell

Proceedings Volume 6875, 687508 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.761172

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Picosecond phenomena, Ferroelectric materials, Crystals, Oscillators, Signal generators, Nonlinear crystals, Optical amplifiers, Electromagnetic radiation, Electron beams

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2007 Paper

Paper

Tandem OPO systems for mid-infrared generation using quasi phase-matching and volume Bragg gratings

Markus Henriksson, Lars Sjöqvist, Mikael Tiihonen, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume 6738, 673805 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737229

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Ferroelectric materials, Mid-IR, Fiber Bragg gratings, Mirrors, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Output couplers, Holmium, Gallium arsenide

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Proceedings Article | 29 December 2004 Paper

Paper

A novel UV-laser source for fluorescence excitation of proteins

Mikael Tiihonen, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell, Mikael Lindgren

Proceedings Volume 5617, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568436

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Luminescence, Ultraviolet radiation, Atomic force microscopy, Nd:YAG lasers, Mirrors, Proteins, Q switched lasers, Laser crystals

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2004 Paper

Paper

A compact OPO/SFG laser for ultraviolet biological sensing

Mikael Tiihonen, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell, Per Jonsson, Mikael Lindgren

Proceedings Volume 5332, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.530292

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Ultraviolet radiation, Crystals, Nd:YAG lasers, Luminescence, Laser crystals, Second-harmonic generation, Pulsed laser operation, Laser development, Diodes

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Proceedings Article | 12 January 2004 Paper

Paper

A UV laser source for biological and chemical sensing

Mikael Tiihonen, Valdas Pasiskevicius, Fredrik Laurell, Per Hammarstrom, Mikael Lindgren

Proceedings Volume 5240, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.510471

KEYWORDS: Ultraviolet radiation, Optical parametric oscillators, Luminescence, Crystals, Proteins, Spectroscopy, Laser sources, Atomic force microscopy, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Biological and chemical sensing

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Proceedings Article | 6 October 2003 Paper

Paper

Generation of 100-kW-level pulses at 1.53 um in the diode-pumped Er-Yb:glass laser-PPKTP optical parametric amplifier system

G. Karlsson, Vladas Pasiskevicius, A. Fragemann, J. Hellstom, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume 5137, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.517870

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Semiconductor lasers, Laser optics, Optical amplifiers, Bragg cells, Signal generators, Pulsed laser operation, Q switched lasers, Laser crystals, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 2000 Paper

Paper

Broadly tunable noncollinear optical parametric oscillator with periodically poled KTiOPO4

Vladas Pasiskevicius, Jonas Hellstrom, Shunhua Wang, Jens Tellefsen, Fredrik Laurell, Valerijus Smilgevicius, Algis Stabinis, Algis Piskarskas

Proceedings Volume 3928, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379927

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Mirrors, Nd:YAG lasers, Wave propagation, Dispersion, Q switched lasers, Nonlinear crystals, Reflectivity, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 2000 Paper

Paper

Low-threshold midinfrared optical parametric oscillation in periodically poled KTiOPO4

Vladas Pasiskevicius, Ingo Freitag, Hakan Karlsson, Jonas Hellstrom, Fredrik Laurell

Proceedings Volume 3928, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.379896

KEYWORDS: Optical parametric oscillators, Crystals, Nd:YAG lasers, Semiconductor lasers, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Q switched lasers, Output couplers, Nonlinear crystals, Lithium

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Conference Committee Involvement (2)

Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers

12 April 2010 | Brussels, Belgium

Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers

8 April 2008 | Strasbourg, France

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