Ultrafast laser sources operating in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, which contains the
characteristic fingerprint spectra of many important molecules and transparent windows of …

We experimentally demonstrated a passively mode-locked femtosecond laser by using a
graphene-based saturable absorber mirror (graphene SAM) in the spectral region of 2 μm …

We report a 2 μm ultrafast solid-state Tm: Lu 2 O 3 laser, mode-locked by single-layer
graphene, generating transform-limited∼ 410 fs pulses, with a spectral width∼ 11.1 nm at …

We report what is to our knowledge a new source of femtosecond pulses in the mid-infrared,
based on a Kerr-lens mode-locked (KLM) Tm^ 3+: YLF laser at 2303 nm. An undoped ZnSe …

We report on, to the best of our knowledge, the first sub-100 fs mode-locked Ho^ 3+-laser in
the 2 μm spectral range employing a disordered co-doped Tm, Ho: CaYAlO_4 (Tm, Ho …

We present the first sub-100 fs bulk solid-state laser in the 2-μm spectral range employing
the monoclinic Tm^ 3+− dopedMgWO_4 crystal as an active medium. By applying a …

A passively mode-locked Tm: CLNGG laser using single-walled carbon nanotubes
(SWCNT) as a saturable absorber (SA) is demonstrated at 2017 nm. Pulses as short as 78 fs …

Single–walled carbon nanotube saturable absorbers were designed and fabricated for
passive mode-locking of bulk lasers operating in the 2 μm spectral range. Mode-locked …

Structured ultrashort-pulse laser beams, and in particular eigenmodes of the paraxial
Helmholtz equation, are currently extensively studied for novel potential applications in …

Femtosecond mode locking of a Tm-doped Lu_2O_3 ceramic laser is reported. Transform-
limited pulses as short as 180 fs are generated at 2076 nm with an average output power of …