analytic continuation of the spectral zeta function

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The spectral zeta function is defined as:

$$\zeta(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty \lambda_{n}^{-s}$$

Where $\lambda_n$ is the real spectrum of $L$ (an elliptic self adjoint operator).

I derived an analytic continuation of $\zeta(s)$:

$$ \Psi(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty 2\sqrt{n^s}K_1(2\sqrt{n^s}) $$

where $K_1$ is a Bessel function.

Now this form shows up in QFT when computing the one-loop effective action. Essentially you use the spectral zeta function and analytically continue it getting $\Psi(s).$

I derived the analytic continuation in just one line using my own approach, but I'm wondering what is the usual process to obtain $\Psi(s)$ from $\zeta(s)?$

See this for more: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1411.7069.pdf.