Optical frequency combs were developed nearly two decades ago to support the world's
most precise atomic clocks. Acting as precision optical synthesizers, frequency combs …

The petawatt (PW) laser has experienced a rapid development in the past two decades, and
tens of giant facilities have been constructed worldwide. After realizing 10–100 PW, it seems …

The proper functioning of living systems and physiological phenotypes depends on
molecular composition. Yet simultaneous quantitative detection of a wide variety of …

Enabling broad tunability, high peak and average power, ultrashort pulse duration, and all
known modes of laser operation-transition-metal (TM)-doped II-VI chalcogenides are the …

Materials with large birefringence (Δ n) are highly needed by fiber-optic isolators, whereas
crystals showing strong second-order harmonic generation (SHG) are the key component for …

Spectroscopy in the molecular fingerprint spectral region (6.7–20 µm) yields critical
information on material structure for physical, chemical, and biological sciences. Despite …

High-brightness sources of coherent and few-cycle-duration light waveforms with spectral
coverage from the ultraviolet to the terahertz would offer unprecedented versatility and …

The realization of compact and efficient broadband mid-infrared (MIR) lasers has enormous
impacts in promoting MIR spectroscopy for various important applications. A number of well …

Absorption spectroscopy of fundamental ro-vibrational transitions in the mid-infrared region
provides a powerful tool for studying the structure and dynamics of molecules in the gas …

A coherent, compact and robust light source with coverage from the ultraviolet to the infrared
is desirable for heterodyne super-resolution imaging, broadband infrared microscopy …